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Earthworm Engineering and Applications by Adarsh Pal Vig, Surendra Singh Suthar, Jaswinder Singh is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The importance of earthworms in the ecosystem was documented very early by Aristotle, the Greek philosopher who called them "intestines of the earth" and then in 1881 Charles Darwin highlighted their role in the breakdown of dead plants as well as animal matter. In 1994, Jones designated earthworms as ecosystem engineers, due to their important role in the development and maintenance of the physico-chemical properties of soil by converting biodegradable materials and organic wastes into nutrient-rich vermicast. Earthworms enhance the incorporation of plant residue into soil aggregates, create soil porosity and stable aggregate through their burrowing, humus formation, and casting activities. The castings egested by earthworms have generally been assumed to be more stable than the parent soil aggregates and contain certain hormones, enzymes, microorganisms, inorganic and organic materials which it acquires during the passage of soil through the earthworm gut. A large number of plant hormones such as gibberellins, auxins and cytokinins are also present in vermicompost which promotes the growth of plants. Vermiwash is a clear, transparent, pale-yellow liquid obtained from the passage

Who reads Earthworm Engineering and Applications?

Author

Adarsh Pal Vig, Surendra Singh Suthar, Jaswinder Singh

Publisher

Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781685075668

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Technology, Stem