Abstract
Vegetable crops generate a large amount of crop residues after harvesting of economic part. These potentially nutritious residues are soft, succulent and easily decomposable and instead of disposing or damping, it can be used as source of organic residues for utilizing the embedded nutrients through compost production. In the present study, diverse vegetable wastes were recycled for vermicomposting and their effects were evaluated in field experiments in organic carrot production. The result showed that among different vegetable wastes, substrate combining mixture of non-legume and legume wastes at 2:1 emerged best considering the nutrient contents, C/N ratio, earthworm biomass and vermicompost recovery. Use of such vermicompost recorded highest root length (19.26 cm), root volume (73 cm 3 ), root weight (68.43 g) and root yield (16.07 Mg ha −1 ) of carrot. The quality of the root as judged by beta carotene and total soluble solids content was also found highest by the same vermicompost. The findings established the potentiality of earthworm for quality vermicompost production from vegetable wastes, and through intended selection and judicious mixture of different vegetable wastes the cast quality can be improved. The study demonstrated that vermicompost produced from the substrate, combining mixture of non-legume and legume vegetable waste at 2:1 will provide the major nutrients in more balanced proportion compared to sole individual family waste vermicompost (vermicompost obtained from the waste of one single plant family). The findings can be promoted as a sound vegetable wastes recycling technology for organic carrot production to conserve natural resources and to minimize the deleterious impact of vegetable wastes on mother earth.
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Claim · model-written summary
A 2:1 non-legume and legume waste mixture gave the best nutrient content, C/N ratio, earthworm biomass and vermicompost recovery.
- Taxon
- carrot
Daucus carotat0 - Treatment
- mixture of non-legume and legume wastes at 2:1e0
- Outcome
- nutrient contents, C/N ratio, earthworm biomass and vermicompost recoverye0
- Direction
- beste0
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e0“substrate combining mixture of non-legume and legume wastes at 2:1 emerged best considering the nutrient contents, C/N ratio, earthworm biomass and vermicompost recovery.”
t0“carrot”
Claim · model-written summary
The vermicompost gave the highest carrot root length of 19.26 cm.
- Taxon
- carrotDaucus carotae0
- Treatment
- such vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- root lengthe0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 19.26 cme0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Use of such vermicompost recorded highest root length (19.26 cm), root volume (73 cm 3 ), root weight (68.43 g) and root yield (16.07 Mg ha −1 ) of carrot.”
Claim · model-written summary
The vermicompost gave the highest carrot root volume of 73 cm 3.
- Taxon
- carrotDaucus carotae0
- Treatment
- such vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- root volumee0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 73 cm 3e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Use of such vermicompost recorded highest root length (19.26 cm), root volume (73 cm 3 ), root weight (68.43 g) and root yield (16.07 Mg ha −1 ) of carrot.”
Claim · model-written summary
The vermicompost gave the highest carrot root weight of 68.43 g.
- Taxon
- carrotDaucus carotae0
- Treatment
- such vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- root weighte0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 68.43 ge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Use of such vermicompost recorded highest root length (19.26 cm), root volume (73 cm 3 ), root weight (68.43 g) and root yield (16.07 Mg ha −1 ) of carrot.”
Claim · model-written summary
The vermicompost gave the highest carrot root yield of 16.07 Mg ha −1.
- Taxon
- carrotDaucus carotae0
- Treatment
- such vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- root yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 16.07 Mg ha −1e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Use of such vermicompost recorded highest root length (19.26 cm), root volume (73 cm 3 ), root weight (68.43 g) and root yield (16.07 Mg ha −1 ) of carrot.”
Claim · model-written summary
The same vermicompost gave highest beta carotene and total soluble solids contents.
- Taxon
- carrotDaucus carotat0
- Organ / stage
- roote0
- Treatment
- same vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- beta carotene and total soluble solids contente0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The quality of the root as judged by beta carotene and total soluble solids content was also found highest by the same vermicompost.”
t0“carrot”
Claim · model-written summary
The 2:1 mixed-waste vermicompost supplied nutrients in a more balanced proportion than single-family waste compost.
- Taxon
- carrotDaucus carotat0
- Treatment
- mixture of non-legume and legume vegetable waste at 2:1e0
- Outcome
- major nutrientse0
- Direction
- more balancede0
- Comparator
- sole individual family waste vermicomposte0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“vermicompost produced from the substrate, combining mixture of non-legume and legume vegetable waste at 2:1 will provide the major nutrients in more balanced proportion compared to sole individual family waste vermicompost”
t0“carrot”
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