Research Article

Some Biological Parameters of Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) in Pesticide-Applied Vermicompost

Volume: 23 Number: 2 April 30, 2020
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Some Biological Parameters of Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) in Pesticide-Applied Vermicompost

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine some biological parameters of red California worm (Eisenia fetida) in pesticides applied vermicompost. The study conducted under in-vitro conditions, as Randomized Block Design with five raplications. Commonly used Granland®, Demond® and Safacol® pesticides in Muş province (Turkey) were used as treatments. The temperature and humidity ratio for the experiment were 20-29°C and 70 to 90%, respectively.  The experiments were resumed until the young worms hatched from a cocoon reproduced cocoons again. For investigating the effect of the treatments on specific features One-Way Analysis of Variance (One-way ANOVA) and for determining of different groups TUKEY Multiple Comparison Test were used.  Variance analysis indicated that there was no statistically differences among fungicide doses in terms of worm weight (P=0.113); however, there were differences in terms of insecticide and herbicide doses (P=0.000). It was detected that there were significant differences among pesticide doses in respect to the cocoon and worm numbers (P=0.000).

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Thanks

I would like to thank to Prof. Dr. Mehmet MENDEŞ for his help in the interpretations of the statistical analyses for the study. This study constitutes a part of a Master thesis (Some Biological Parameters of Eisenia foetida Grown in Pesticide Treated Vermicomposts, by author Birgül ILIKHAN, Bitlis Eren University).

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Birgül Ilıkhan
0000-0003-0803-6801
Türkiye

Publication Date

April 30, 2020

Submission Date

May 30, 2019

Acceptance Date

October 16, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 23 Number: 2

APA
Koç, İ., & Ilıkhan, B. (2020). Some Biological Parameters of Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) in Pesticide-Applied Vermicompost. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tarım Ve Doğa Dergisi, 23(2), 367-378. https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.571851

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