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Identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review

Earthworms are considered as a friend of farmers. These fretful worms improve the air and water content in the dirt. When a worm dies, it decomposes into nitrogen and benefits the farmers. Nowadays, they are common prey for chemical contamination. Also, the agricultural farming today uses high quant...

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Main Authors: Sneha, J. Adeline, Khamis, Nor Hisham, Chakravarthi, Rekha
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Language:English
Published: Inderscience Publishers 2022
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101168/1/NorHishamKhamis2022_IdentificationofEarthwormforSustainableAgriculture.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2022.122605
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spelling my.utm.1011682023-06-01T09:14:25Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101168/ Identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review Sneha, J. Adeline Khamis, Nor Hisham Chakravarthi, Rekha TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Earthworms are considered as a friend of farmers. These fretful worms improve the air and water content in the dirt. When a worm dies, it decomposes into nitrogen and benefits the farmers. Nowadays, they are common prey for chemical contamination. Also, the agricultural farming today uses high quantity of pesticides to protect the crops from pest and diseases. By spraying pesticides, the lifecycle of earthworm is affected. This paper focuses on detailed study of earthworm and its importance on farming. It also deals with impact of chemicals on earthworm and its side effects. This paper discusses about the identification of earthworm in farmland and various methods for enhancing the growth of worms. This paper also focuses on the detailed description of various extraction methodologies of earthworms from the farms and gives the detailed analysis of merits and demerits of each extraction methods. Inderscience Publishers 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101168/1/NorHishamKhamis2022_IdentificationofEarthwormforSustainableAgriculture.pdf Sneha, J. Adeline and Khamis, Nor Hisham and Chakravarthi, Rekha (2022) Identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 25 (3). pp. 157-165. ISSN 1466-2132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2022.122605 DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2022.122605
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Sneha, J. Adeline
Khamis, Nor Hisham
Chakravarthi, Rekha
Identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review
description Earthworms are considered as a friend of farmers. These fretful worms improve the air and water content in the dirt. When a worm dies, it decomposes into nitrogen and benefits the farmers. Nowadays, they are common prey for chemical contamination. Also, the agricultural farming today uses high quantity of pesticides to protect the crops from pest and diseases. By spraying pesticides, the lifecycle of earthworm is affected. This paper focuses on detailed study of earthworm and its importance on farming. It also deals with impact of chemicals on earthworm and its side effects. This paper discusses about the identification of earthworm in farmland and various methods for enhancing the growth of worms. This paper also focuses on the detailed description of various extraction methodologies of earthworms from the farms and gives the detailed analysis of merits and demerits of each extraction methods.
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author Sneha, J. Adeline
Khamis, Nor Hisham
Chakravarthi, Rekha
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Khamis, Nor Hisham
Chakravarthi, Rekha
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title Identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review
title_short Identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review
title_full Identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review
title_fullStr Identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review
title_full_unstemmed Identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review
title_sort identification of earthworm for sustainable agriculture - a review
publisher Inderscience Publishers
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101168/1/NorHishamKhamis2022_IdentificationofEarthwormforSustainableAgriculture.pdf
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