Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 82, Issue 2, Pages 147-150Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(01)00169-9
Keywords
Perionyx excavatus; experimental diets; biomass; reproduction; vermiculture
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Biomass production and reproduction of a group of four adult Perionyx excavatus were studied in limited supplies of four experimental diets; cowdung alone and its mixtures with straw, bamboo leaf litter or kitchen waste, in order to select a suitable diet medium for vermiculture. P. excavatus showed maximum rate of biomass increase and reproduction in the mixtures with straw and bamboo leaf litter. In spite of achieving the highest final biomass value, P. excavatus showed the lowest rate of biomass increase and reproduction in the mixture with kitchen waste. Cowdung, a natural food of P. excavatus, was marginally better than the mixture with kitchen waste with regard to the rate of biomass increase and reproduction. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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