Vermiwash: An agent of disease and pest control in soil, a review
Vermiwash is a liquid extract produced from vermicompost in a medium where earthworms are richly populated. It comprises a massive decomposer bacteria count, mucus, vitamins, different bioavailable minerals, hormones, enzymes, different antimicrobial peptides, etc. This paper aimed to assess how the...
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| description | Vermiwash is a liquid extract produced from vermicompost in a medium where earthworms are richly populated. It comprises a massive decomposer bacteria count, mucus, vitamins, different bioavailable minerals, hormones, enzymes, different antimicrobial peptides, etc. This paper aimed to assess how these natural products in vermiwash suppressed the pathogen and pests. Thus, we have reviewed the importance of vermiwash/vermicompost in disease control, the mechanism of disease suppression, the components of vermiwash applied in disease suppression, and pest control to use the scientific facts in agriculture to enhance the productivity of the crops. The bioactive macromolecules from the skin secretion of earthworm, coelomic fluid, and mucus directly able to defend pathogenic soil microbes against the worm and thereby freed the environment from the disease. Earthworms establish symbiotic relations with microbes, produce an essential product that supports the growth of plants, and suppress plant's root disease. It is recomended that earthworm should be inoculated in an agricultural field, or prepare and apply its vermiwash/vermicompost as a spray or as additive bio-fertilizer in the soil to enhance the productivities of the crops. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63e16e44b152460eacc34de05e264e9a2022-12-21T23:06:13ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402021-03-0173e06434Vermiwash: An agent of disease and pest control in soil, a reviewKasahun Gudeta0J.M. Julka1Arun Kumar2Ankeet Bhagat3Amita Kumari4Adama Science and Technology University, Department of Biology, P.O. Box 1888, Adama, Ethiopia; Shoolini University Biotechnology and Management Sciences, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Solan 173212, Himachal Pradesh, India; Corresponding author.Shoolini University Biotechnology and Management Sciences, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Solan 173212, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaShoolini University Biotechnology and Management Sciences, School of Biotechnology, Solan 173212, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, 143005, IndiaShoolini University Biotechnology and Management Sciences, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Solan 173212, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaVermiwash is a liquid extract produced from vermicompost in a medium where earthworms are richly populated. It comprises a massive decomposer bacteria count, mucus, vitamins, different bioavailable minerals, hormones, enzymes, different antimicrobial peptides, etc. This paper aimed to assess how these natural products in vermiwash suppressed the pathogen and pests. Thus, we have reviewed the importance of vermiwash/vermicompost in disease control, the mechanism of disease suppression, the components of vermiwash applied in disease suppression, and pest control to use the scientific facts in agriculture to enhance the productivity of the crops. The bioactive macromolecules from the skin secretion of earthworm, coelomic fluid, and mucus directly able to defend pathogenic soil microbes against the worm and thereby freed the environment from the disease. Earthworms establish symbiotic relations with microbes, produce an essential product that supports the growth of plants, and suppress plant's root disease. It is recomended that earthworm should be inoculated in an agricultural field, or prepare and apply its vermiwash/vermicompost as a spray or as additive bio-fertilizer in the soil to enhance the productivities of the crops.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021005399EarthwormDecompositionDiseasePathogenPestsVermiwash |
| spellingShingle | Kasahun Gudeta J.M. Julka Arun Kumar Ankeet Bhagat Amita Kumari Vermiwash: An agent of disease and pest control in soil, a review Heliyon Earthworm Decomposition Disease Pathogen Pests Vermiwash |
| title | Vermiwash: An agent of disease and pest control in soil, a review |
| title_full | Vermiwash: An agent of disease and pest control in soil, a review |
| title_fullStr | Vermiwash: An agent of disease and pest control in soil, a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vermiwash: An agent of disease and pest control in soil, a review |
| title_short | Vermiwash: An agent of disease and pest control in soil, a review |
| title_sort | vermiwash an agent of disease and pest control in soil a review |
| topic | Earthworm Decomposition Disease Pathogen Pests Vermiwash |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021005399 |
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