Research Article
Effect of Tuber Crop Wastes/Byproducts on Nutritional and Microbial Composition of Vermicomposts and Duration of the Vermicomposting Process
Table 6
Microbial population in various vermicompost.
| | Vermicompost | Bacteria | Fungi | Actinomycetes | | Season I | Season II | Season I | Season II | Season I | Season II |
| | Garden residues | 172.6 (18.96) | 52.0 (17.76) | 23.0 (16.93) | 12.6 (16.28) | 27.6 (17.13) | 92.0 (18.33) | | Cassava fresh leaves | 20.3 (16.77) | 17.3 (16.66) | 22.0 (16.90) | 7.0 (15.75) | 67.3 (18.02) | 123.0 (18.62) | | Cassava dry leaves | 172.0 (18.94) | 33.0 (17.30) | 35.3 (17.37) | 11.3 (16.21) | 38.0 (17.45) | 155.0 (18.84) | | Cassava thippi | 41.3 (17.51) | 45.0 (17.57) | 26.3 (17.06) | 19.0 (16.75) | 30.6 (17.23) | 76.3 (18.14) | | Sweet potato fresh leaves | 71.0 (18.07) | 78.6 (18.17) | 13.0 (16.37) | 23.3 (16.94) | 80.0 (18.19) | 48.3 (17.68) | | Sweet potato dry leaves | 11.6 (16.25) | 47.3 (17.67) | 19.3 (16.70) | 19.3 (16.77) | 77.3 (18.16) | 71.6 (18.08) | | Sweet potato thippi | 130.6 (18.67) | 35.0 (17.36) | 24.0 (16.95) | 9.0 (16.00) | 58.3 (17.88) | 99.6 (18.41) | | LSD () | 0.43 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.10 | 0.19 |
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