Fig. 1. Total organic carbon and total nitrogen in the treatment of vermicomposting alone (V) vs.
combination of vermicomposting and composting (V+C) in various composition of vermicompost materials.
Fig. 2. C/N ratio in the treatment of vermicomposting alone (V) vs. combination of vermicomposting and composting (V+C) in various composition of vermicompost materials.
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
22.17
29.46 29.17 25.86
30.70 35.33
25.85 37.73
30.80
12.89
16.50 16.41
12.9715.98
13.78 12.62 18.75
15.61
V V+C
C/N ratio
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 0
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4
1.02
0.850.800.96 0.78
0.66 0.85
0.720.83 1.331.29
1.241.191.231.271.31 1.11
1.23
V V+C
Total N (%)
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 10
12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
22.58 24.87
23.2324.6323.8223.44 21.87
27.26 25.63
17.07
21.2520.35
15.44 19.67
17.50 16.48
20.87 19.25
V V+C
Total Organic Carbon (%)
Table 1. Polyphenol, lignin, cellulose content and pH of vermicompost in the treatments of vermicomposting alone vs. combination of vermicomposting and composting
in various composition of vermicompost materials.
Treatments Vermicomposting Vermicomposting +Composting
Polyphenol
(%) Lignin
(%) Cellulose
(%) pH Polyphenol
(%) Lignin
(%) Cellulose
(%) pH
C1 0,49 a 17,74 a 37,21 d 6,57 0,45 a 17,71 a 34,29 d 6,63 b
C2 1,07 c 23,53 b 28,67 a 6,33 0,69 a 23,36 b 25,99 ab 6,33 a
C3 0,98 c 24,01 b 35,19 bc 6,43 0,97 ab 23,63 b 30,66 bc 6,63 b
C4 0,47 a 17,55 a 35,34 bcd 6,77 0,46 a 16,59 a 30,94 c 6,97 cd
C5 1,52 d 28,87 d 33,53 b 6,83 1,45 b 27,44 c 30,11 bc 6,53 ab
C6 0,94 c 24,49 b 36,46 cd 6,33 0,89 ab 23,93 b 31,75 cd 7,20 d
C7 0,45 a 18,16 a 34,00 b 6,50 0,45 a 17,33 a 30,20 bc 6,93 c
C8 1,68 d 27,14 c 29,46 a 6,57 1,64 c 26,47 c 24,81 a 7,00 cd
C9 0,67 b 24,17 b 35,50 bcd 6,50 0,64 a 23,88 b 28,34 b 7,03 cd
HSD 5% 0,21 1,37 2,01 ns 0,57 1,87 2,58 0,26
Remark : Means followed by different letters in the same column for each treatment are statistically significant different at Tukey- test (P<0.05).
HSD =Honest Significant Difference ; ns = Not significant
Fig.3. P-available and K-exchangeable in the treatment of vermicomposting alone (V) vs.
combination of vermicomposting and composting (V+C) in various composition of vermicompost materials.
Fig. 4. Ca-exchangeable and SO42- content in the treatment of vermicomposting alone (V) vs.
combination of vermicomposting and composting (V+C) in various composition of vermicompost materials.
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 0.00
0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1.00
0.60
0.33 0.44
0.72
0.460.40 0.69
0.32 0.54 0.770.830.890.89
0.810.78 0.92
0.76 0.86
V V+C
P-available (%)
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 0.00
0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80
0.41 0.57
0.40 0.50
0.60
0.370.36 0.68
0.47 0.64
0.710.72
0.47 0.67
0.53
0.630.650.64
V V+C
K-exchangeable (%)
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 0.05
0.07 0.09 0.11 0.13 0.15 0.17 0.19 0.21 0.23
0.13
0.100.11
0.090.090.10 0.15
0.130.15 0.17
0.11 0.14
0.110.110.12 0.21
0.170.18
V V+C
SO4 Content (%)
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
0.460.490.470.430.460.490.390.410.46 3.053.173.173.393.423.44
4.164.204.48
V V+C
Ca-exchaneable (%)
