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VOL. 6, ISSUE 6 (2021)
Different physiochemical changes during composting of coir pith using specific microbial inoculants
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Prakash U, Elango R, Parthasarathi R
Abstract
Coconut, an important plantation crop is grown across the India in an area of about 1,078 million hectares and is producing 12,252 million nuts with a productivity of 6982 nuts per hectare. In Tamil Nadu, 1.7 lakh tones of coir pith accumulate every year. Coir pith is a byproduct of coir industry generated during extraction of coir fiber from coconut husk. Approximately two tons of coir pith is produced during the production of 1 ton of coir. Coir pith wastes were composted by employing the cellulolytic and lignolytic cultures of microorganism viz., Cellulomonas fimi, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and Pleurotus sajor caju isolated from coir pith waste. The treatment effect on changes in pH, EC, temperature, organic carbon and C: N ratio of coir pith waste during composting were recorded at periodic intervals revealed that the treatment T7 (Triple inoculants consortium of Cellulomonas fimi + Phanerochaete chrysosporium + Pleurotus sajor caju) attained compost stability (C: N ratio of 37.33, pH of 6.2, EC of 0.28 mSm-1) on the 45th day itself whereas dual inoculants treatments required an additional 15 days (60 days) and the single inoculant an additional 30 days (75 days) to attain stability. In the present study were, Triple inoculant (consortium) consists of Cellulomonas fimi + Phanerochaete chrysosporium + Pleurotus sajor caju found to be highly suitable for the development of coir pith compost.
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Pages:998-1004
How to cite this article:
Prakash U, Elango R, Parthasarathi R "Different physiochemical changes during composting of coir pith using specific microbial inoculants ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 6, 2021, Pages 998-1004
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