Enumeration of Microbial Content of Vermicasts of Eudrilus Eugeniae (Kinberg) and Eisenia Fetida (Savigny)

Abstract

In the present study the vermicompost was prepared from leaf materials such as Gliricidia sepium Jacq, Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit and Cassia auriculata Linn andearthworms, Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg) and Eisenia fetida (Savigny) along with cowdung in four Treatments. Fortnightly analyses (0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 d) ofthe colony forming units (CFU) of bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes in vermicasts collected from T1, T2, T3 and T4 showed that the CFU of bacteria (231.00±1.00), fungi (160.67±0.58) and actinomycetes (240.67±2.52) were higher in T3 i.e vermicompost prepared using C.auriculata + L.leucocephala + Cowdung mixture with E.eugeniae is the best of all four treatments on 60^th day compared to all other treatments i.e T1 [bacteria (190.00±5.00), fungi (151.00±1.00) and actinomycetes (200.33±5.03)], T2 [bacteria (185.00±1.00), fungi (145.33±0.58) and actinomycetes (195.00±2.00)] and in T4 [bacteria (225.67±0.58), fungi (155.00±1.00) and actinomycetes (235.00±1.00)]