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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 9 Issue 4</issue_number>
<issue_period>2018 (October - December)</issue_period>
<title><b>Vermiconversion of mixed leaves litter (pre-digested with fungal consortium) by using <i>eudrilus eugeniae</i>, <i>perionyx excavatus</i> and <i>lampito mauritii </i>(Funding work)</b></title>
<abstract>The main objective of this research work is to utilize fungal consortium containing  lessThan i greaterThan Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus fumigates lessThan /i greaterThan  and  lessThan i greaterThan Rhizopus oryzae  lessThan /i greaterThan for the partial degradation of mixed leaves litter. The Vermicomposting ability of  lessThan i greaterThan Eudrilus eugeniae, Perionyx excavatus lessThan /i greaterThan  and  lessThan i greaterThan Lampito mauritii lessThan /i greaterThan  under monoculture (E I, E II and E III, respectively) and polyculture (E IV) conditions by using pre-digested mixed leaves litter in combination with cow dung (1:1 ratio) was studied. The conversion ratio of waste into vermicompost was in the order: E III  greaterThan  E IV greaterThan  E I  greaterThan  E II. In the finished product the chemical nutrients and biological composition were measured. The vermicompost obtained from E III and E IV experimental trays were rich in macro and micro nutrients and microbial populations Therefore it may be concluded that the mixed leaves litter must be pre-digested with the chosen fungal consortium and be converted into vermicompost by using  lessThan i greaterThan L. mauritii lessThan /i greaterThan  under Monoculture and  lessThan i greaterThan E. eugeniae, P. excavatus lessThan /i greaterThan  and  lessThan i greaterThan L. mauritii lessThan /i greaterThan  under Polyculture conditions.</abstract>
<authors>J. VIJI AND P.NEELANARAYANAN</authors>
<keywords>Fungal consortium, Mixed Leaves Litter, Eudrilus eugeniae, Perionyx excavatus, Lampito mauritii and Vermicompost</keywords>
<pages>221-227</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
