Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine some biological parameters of red California worm (Eisenia fetida) in pesticides applied vermicompost. The study conducted under in-vitro conditions, as Randomized Block Design with five raplications. Commonly used Granland®, Demond® and Safacol® pesticides in Muş province (Turkey) were used as treatments. The temperature and humidity ratio for the experiment were 20-29°C and 70 to 90%, respectively. The experiments were resumed until the young worms hatched from a cocoon reproduced cocoons again. For investigating the effect of the treatments on specific features One-Way Analysis of Variance (One-way ANOVA) and for determining of different groups TUKEY Multiple Comparison Test were used. Variance analysis indicated that there was no statistically differences among fungicide doses in terms of worm weight (P=0.113); however, there were differences in terms of insecticide and herbicide doses (P=0.000). It was detected that there were significant differences among pesticide doses in respect to the cocoon and worm numbers (P=0.000).
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