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The Use of Earthworms in the
Breakdown of Organic Wastes
to Produce Vermicomposts
and Animal Feed Protein
Clive A. Edwards and Norman Q. Arancon
Soil Ecology Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
CONTENTS
Food and Environmental Requirements of Different Earthworm Species that
Eisenia fetida
(Savigny) and
Eisenia andrei
, Bouch..................................................354
Eudrilus eugeniae
(Kinberg).........................................................................................354
Perionyx excavatus
(Perrier) .........................................................................................355
Dendrobaena veneta
(Rosa)..........................................................................................355
Polypheretima elongata
(Erseus) ..................................................................................355
(Hoffmeister) ................................................................................355
Effects of Vermicomposts on Plants: The Incidence of Plant Pathogens, Plant-Parasitic
Production of Earthworms for Animal Feed in Animal, Vegetable, and
Lumbricus rubellus
345
