How earthworm density affects microbial biomas and activity in pig manure

By Manuel Aira, Fernando Monroy, J. Domínguez, S. Mato. 2002

186 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Soil Science

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In Soil Science

1. Manuel Aira
2. S. Suthar
3. Fernando Monroy
4. J. Domínguez
5. M. Blouin
6. Johann G. Zaller

Citations in the corpus

• Impact of vermicompost and composted farmyard manure on growth and yield of garlic (Allium stivum L.) field crop (2009, background): “Although, microbes are responsible for the biochemical degradation of the organic matter, earthworms are the important drivers of the process, conditioning the substrate and altering biological activity ( Aira et al., 2002; Suthar, 2008c).”
• Earthworms Building Up Soil Microbiota, a Review (2019, background): “fetida and Eudrilus eugeniae vermicompost from pig manure than in substrates without earthworms, although this effect seemed to depend upon the earthworm density (Aira et al., 2002).”
• Detritivorous earthworms directly modify the structure, thus altering the functioning of a microdecomposer food web (2008, background): “Consistent with previous findings (Aira et al., 2002), earthworms seemed to boost microbial metabolism at low densities in the short term.”