Research Article

Microbial Enrichment of Vermicompost

Table 9

Correlation of population dynamics between total microflora and A. brasilense and R. leguminosarum during storage of enriched vermicompost (180 days).

InoculumTime of inoculation (days of vermicomposting)
(mL/175 g)0102030

A. brasilense versus total microflora
30Eq 𝑦 = 0 . 5 3 1 1 𝑥 + 0 . 3 0 7 4 𝑦 = 0 . 5 8 9 8 𝑥 + 0 . 0 2 4 8 𝑦 = 0 . 6 1 0 9 𝑥 + 0 . 2 5 6 6 𝑦 = 0 . 5 0 8 9 𝑥 + 0 . 9 7 8 2
𝑟 0.9827 0.9912 0.9969 0.9955
35Eq 𝑦 = 0 . 8 1 6 9 𝑥 1 . 0 7 1 7 𝑦 = 0 . 6 1 2 9 𝑥 + 1 . 8 3 6 𝑦 = 0 . 6 0 8 7 𝑥 + 1 . 8 4 1 6 𝑦 = 0 . 5 3 5 2 𝑥 + 2 . 6 0 4 2
𝑟 0.9645 0.9990 0.9952 0.9882
40Eq 𝑦 = 0 . 4 5 4 9 𝑥 + 3 . 6 4 3 𝑦 = 0 . 6 1 2 9 𝑥 + 1 . 8 3 6 𝑦 = 0 . 6 0 8 7 𝑥 + 1 . 8 4 1 6 𝑦 = 0 . 5 3 5 2 𝑥 + 2 . 6 0 4 2
𝑟 0.9645 0.9989 0.9952 0.9882

R. leguminosarum versus total microflora
30Eq 𝑦 = 0 . 4 6 4 5 𝑥 + 0 . 5 2 2 𝑦 = 0 . 4 7 6 7 𝑥 + 0 . 7 1 𝑦 = 0 . 5 3 6 6 𝑥 + 0 . 3 8 0 9 𝑦 = 0 . 5 3 5 7 𝑥 0 . 0 4 5 8
𝑟 0.977088 0.986813 0.982853 0.986813
35Eq 𝑦 = 0 . 5 4 9 𝑥 + 0 . 6 9 4 2 𝑦 = 0 . 5 5 0 2 𝑥 + 0 . 7 6 1 9 𝑦 = 0 . 5 2 9 3 𝑥 + 1 . 1 8 7 8 𝑦 = 0 . 4 7 3 1 𝑥 + 1 . 3 8 5 2
𝑟 0.992371 0.988231 0.973242 0.983412
40Eq 𝑦 = 0 . 5 4 5 6 𝑥 + 1 . 3 7 1 2 𝑦 = 0 . 5 9 4 9 𝑥 + 0 . 9 5 0 6 𝑦 = 0 . 6 3 2 7 𝑥 + 0 . 7 4 𝑦 = 0 . 5 6 0 9 𝑥 + 0 . 2 4 5 2
𝑟 0.960573 0.978162 0.978366 0.988737

Eq: regression equation; 𝑟 : correlation coefficient.