title: Spectroscopic analysis of vermicompost for determination of nutritional quality.
abstract: Spectroscopic analysis has been carried out to examine the compost quality, maturity and nutritional levels of vermicompost and compost of Eichhornia. 50% Eichhorniacrassipes and 50% cow dung mixtures were vermicomposted using earthworms (Eudrilus eugeniae) and collected on different days' time intervals. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) spectra reveal the presence of humic substance from compost and vermicompost, which improves the soil fertility. Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) analysis shows maximum level of Benzene propanoic acid (95.98%) and by 2-Propanone, 1-Phenyl-, OXIM (10.10%) from vermicompost through earthworms activity. Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) results reported high level of micronutrient from Eichhornia mediated compost and vermicompost.
authors: Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Karpagam University, Eachanari Post, Coimbatore 641 021, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Subhash Kumar
authors: Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Karpagam University, Eachanari Post, Coimbatore 641 021, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Rajiv
authors: Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Karpagam University, Eachanari Post, Coimbatore 641 021, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: rajeshwarishivaraj@gmail.com.
authors: Sivaraj
authors: S
authors: Rajeshwari
authors: Department of Chemistry, Government Arts College, Udumalpet 642 126, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: Rajendran
authors: R
authors: Venckatesh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002417:Cattle; D031806:Eichhornia / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000032:analysis; D009753:Nutritive Value; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000737:chemistry*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D018977:Micronutrients; D012987:Soil
keywords: Compost; Eichhornia; FT-IR; GC–MS; Vermicompost