An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods

Table 3

Uses of vermicompost for biocontrol.

Benefited culture	Benefits on crop production	Country	Reference
Grow peppers, tomatoes, and cabbages	Suppression of insect pest populations	USA	[80]
Chickpea; (Cicer arietinum)	Reductions in plant mortality by decreasing fungal infection	India	[82]
Potato	Decreases in potato scab by increasing the population of Pseudomonas	India	[85]
Tomato, marigold, pepper, and cornflower	Higher growth of plants	USA	[86]
Grape and strawberry	Control of nematodes	USA and Turkey	[87]
Cucumbers and tomatoes	Higher resistance against agricultural disease	USA	[88]
Diverse species of plants	Death of phytopathogenic fungi (Fusarium)	India	[89]
Cucumbers and tomatoes	Suppression of agricultural plagues	USA	[90, 91]