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Anita Zapalowska, Andrzej Skwiercz, Czeslaw Puchalski and Tadeusz Malewski
Vermicomposting stands as a sustainable and environmentally friendly waste management practice, leveraging the metabolic prowess of earthworms to facilitate the decomposition of organic matter into nutrient-rich compost. The aim of this experiment was to...
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Milica Balo?, Aleksandra Petrovic, Aleksandra Tubic, Tijana Zeremski, Sonja Gvozdenac, Dejan Supic and Vojislava Bursic
The presence of microplastic particles in agroecosystems has profound implications for soil quality, crop yield, and soil biota. Earthworms are widely recognized as valuable soil bioindicators due to their abundance, fast reproduction, and easy manipulat...
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Silvia Antileo-Mellado, Cristina Muñoz, Juan Carlos Sanchez-Hernandez, Milagros Ginebra and Marco Sandoval
Farm and industrial residues must be adequately managed to avoid negative environmental implications. In this study, our objective was to evaluate (i) the impact of the co-production of vermicompost using grape bagasse and biochar (BC) on the yield and b...
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Hanaa Tharwat Mohamed Ibrahim, Maxwell Maimela Modiba, Igor Dekemati, Györgyi Gelybó, Márta Birkás and Barbara Simon
Long-term cultivation experiments are gaining more attention due to the possibility of following the changes in soil parameters (e.g., soil organic carbon (SOC), stock and soil health indicators, etc.). Our objective was to assess the status of soil in a...
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Tanja Trakic, Filip Popovic, Jovana Sekulic and Davorka K. Hackenberger
As soil invertebrates with a unique digestive system, earthworms are regularly used as bioindicators and test organisms. Due to their burrowing activity and casting, earthworms are involved in the structuring of the soil. However, this way of life expose...
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Jimmy A. Ocaña-Reyes, Marco Gutiérrez, Richard Paredes-Espinosa, Christian A. Riveros, Gloria P. Cárdenas, Nino Bravo, Astrid Quispe-Tomas, Luiz P. Amaringo-Cordova, Juan C. Ocaña-Canales, José W. Zavala-Solórzano, Hugo A. Huamaní Yupanqui, Juancarlos Cruz and Richard Solórzano-Acosta
Tillage conservation practices (CA), traditional agriculture (TA), and liming influence soil properties and crop yield. However, it is essential to demonstrate which tillage and liming practices improve soil properties and forage corn yield. This study c...
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Tianyu Gao, Hao Chen, Danna Tang and Yumo Wang
To improve the friction and wear performance of the piston-cylinder liner friction pair, inspired by earthworms and leeches, 27 kinds of pistons with cylindrical pit arrays are designed and processed. Through a friction test, four superior textured pisto...
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Lena Wöhl, Thorsten Ruf, Christoph Emmerling, Jan Thiele and Stefan Schrader
Abundant and functionally diverse earthworm communities in perennials deliver ecosystem services like increasing nutrient availability by incorporating organic matter. This study aimed to analyse the decomposition of annual and perennial energy crop resi...
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Kyeongnam Kim, Dongbin Kim, Chaeeun Kim, Donghyeon Kim, Byeongjun Kim, Byung-Ho Lee and Sung-Eun Lee
Globalization has increased international trade and caused an annual increase in the number of non-native insect pest species found in quarantine sites in Korea. Since over 80% of Korean farms use greenhouses with internal conditions conducive to growing...
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Marija Kovacevic, Nikolina Stjepanovic, Luca Zelic and ?eljka Loncaric
Tebuconazole (TEB), a widely used triazole fungicide, is effective against soil-borne and foliar fungal pathogens. Toxicants can exhibit varying effects depending on the life stage of organisms, although standard toxicity tests typically focus on adult i...
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