Effect of legume residues on the earthworm (Eisenia foetida) population stages and humus biological characterization

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Published: Jul 5, 2013
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legumes, earthworm, humus

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Eneida Vilches
Universidad Agraria de La Habana (UNAH)

Abstract

This paper belongs to the cattle raising sustainability project from the Agricultural University of Havana (UNAH). This research was carried out from October to February of 1998. Its objective was to evaluate the effect of three food types made up of leguminous residues on earthworm population and the biological characterization of one of the products obtained (earthworm humus ). To achieve this, 12 1x0.5 mseedbeds were set up, where 200 Eisenia foetida earthworms were put in. Each treatment was repeated three times. The parameters evaluated were: adult, juvenile and cocoon numbers, the micro, meso and macro humus fauna. The results obtained through the non-parametric statistical analysis (contingency and rate comparison table) showed a highly significant dependence between food type and the stages analyzed in all cases on behalf of the juvenile one. In fauna, the best organism representation belongs to the classes: Chilopoda, Isopoda and Insecta from Arthropoda phylum.

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Vilches, E. (2013). Effect of legume residues on the earthworm (Eisenia foetida) population stages and humus biological characterization. Cultivos Tropicales, 21(3), 25–28. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/767
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Vol. 21 No. 3 (2000)
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