Vermiculture technology earthworms, organic wastes, and environmental management
"Co-edited by international earthworm expert Clive A. Edwards, Vermiculture Technology: Earthworms, Organic Wastes, and Environmental Management is the first international, comprehensive, and definitive work on how earthworms and microorganisms interact to break down organic wastes on a commerc...
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CRC Press,
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Introduction, history, and potential of vermicomposting technology / Clive A. Edwards
- ch. 2. Relationships between composting and vermicomposting / Jorge Dominguez and Clive A. Edwards
- ch. 3. Biology and ecology of earthworm species used for vermicomposting / Jorge Cominguez and Clive A. Edwards
- ch. 4. Discovery and development of new species for vermiculture / Samuel W. James and Afrânio Guimaraes
- ch. 5. The microbiology of vermicomposting / Jorge Dominguez
- ch. 6. Small-scale school and domestic vermicompositing systems / Rhonda L. Sherman and Mary Appelhof
- ch. 7. Low-technology vermicomposting systems / Clive A. Edwards
- ch. 8. Medium- and high-technology vermicomposting systems / Clive A. Edwards
- ch. 9. The potential of vermicomposts as plant growth media for greenhouse crop production / Norman Arancon ... [et al.]
- ch. 10. The use of vermicomposts as soil amendments for production of field crops / Norman Arancon and Clive A. Edwards
- ch. 11. The production of vermicompost aqueous solutions or teas / Cindy E. Salter and Clive A. Edwards
- ch. 12. The suppression of plant pathogens by vermicomposts / Allison L.H. Jack
- ch. 13. Use of aqueous extracts from vermicomposts or teas in suppression of plant pathogens / Clive A. Edwards ... [et al.]
- ch. 14. Suppression of arthropod pests and plant parasitic nematodes by vermicomposts and aqueous extracts from vermicomposts / Clive A. Edwards ... [et al.]
- ch. 15. The use and effects of aqueous extracts from vermicomposts or teas on plant growth and yields / Clive A. Edwards ... [et al.]
- ch. 16. Human pathogen reduction during vermicomposting / Clive A. Edwards and Scott Subler
- ch. 17. Heavy metals, earthworms, and vermicomposts / Andrew John Morgan
- ch. 18. Quality criteria for vermicomposts / Clive A. Edwards, Scott Subler, and Norman Arancon
- ch. 19. The commercial potential and economics of vermicomposting / Jim Jensen, Bentley Christie, and Clive A. Edwards
- ch. 20. The production of earthworm protein for animal feed from organic wastes / Clive A. Edwards and Alan Niederer
- ch. 21. The use of vermiculture for land improvement / Kevin R. Butt
- ch. 22. The potential of earthworms produced from organic wastes in production of pharmaceuticals / Mariappan Balamurugan ... [et al.]
- ch. 23. The status of vermicomposting in North America : a rapidly developing technology / Rhonda L. Sherman and Peter Bogdanov
- ch. 24. Vermicomposting for businesses and institutions / Rhonda L. Sherman
- ch. 25. New developments and insights on vermicompositing in Spain / Jorge Dominguez and Manuel Aira
- ch. 26. Vermiculture and vermicomposting in the United Kingdom / Kevin R. Butt and Brian Williams
- ch. 27. Vermiculture in Australia and New Zealand : from earthworm production to commercial vermicomposting / Katie A. Webster and John C. Buckerfield
- ch. 28. Origins and spread of vermicomposting in India : focus on sustainable agriculture / Radha Kale
- ch. 29. Vermiculture in the Philippines / Rafael D. Guerrero III
- ch. 30. The status of vermicomposting in Indonesia / Bintoro Gunadi
- ch. 31. Vermicomposting projects in Hong Kong / David John Ellery and Tse Chi Kai
- ch. 32. Vermicomposting research and activities in Mexico / Eduardo Aranda-Delgado ... [et al.]
- ch. 33. The scope of vermiculture in Cuba / Martha Reines Alvarez and Carlos Rodriguez Aragonés
- ch. 34. Commercial applications of vermiculture in China / Sun Zhenjun
- ch. 35. Progress in vermicomposting in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine / Svetlana Maksimova.