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Earthworm as an alternative protein source in poultry and fish farming: Current applications and future perspectives.

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
Among the different agricultural activities, the livestock is one of the most impacting on the environment. The feeding of animals is often the main responsible of the adverse environmental impact related to animal productions.
M. Parolini, A. Ganzaroli, J. Bacenetti
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Village forests in western Côte d′Ivoire have low plant diversity but are important for their conservation value and aboveground biomass

Global Ecology and Conservation
Village forests play a critical role in biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation, yet their ecological value remains underdocumented. This study assessed eight village forests in western Côte d’Ivoire, comparing them with three protected forests:
Bi Tra Aimé Vroh, Gérôme Tokpa, Abdoulaye Cissé, Franck Bié   +3 more
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How fertile are earthworm casts? A meta-analysis

Geoderma, 2019
It has long been established that earthworms beneficially affect plant growth. This is to a large extent due to the high fertility of their casts. However, it is not clear how fertile casts are compared to bulk soil, and how their fertility varies ...
J. V. van Groenigen, K. V. van Groenigen, G. Koopmans, L. Stokkermans, H. M. Vos, I. Lubbers   +5 more
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Polyvinyl chloride microplastic triggers bidirectional transmission of antibiotic resistance genes in soil-earthworm systems

Environment International
The diffusion and distribution of ubiquitous microplastics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soil ecosystems are easily influenced by earthworm activity.
Houpu Zhang, Xueyi Zhang, Hao Sun, Hong Ling, Rui Xie, Liancheng Fang, Min Guo, Xiangwei Wu   +7 more
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Phosphatase activity in the drilosphere and its link to phosphorus uptake by grass

Geoderma, 2023
Earthworms can increase the solubility of phosphorus (P) in soil, an effect which to a large extent is controlled by mineralisation of organic P. Phosphatases, a class of hydrolytic enzymes, catalyse this mineralisation process.
Hannah M.J. Vos, Rachel Zweig, Andrew J. Margenot, Gerwin F. Koopmans, Jan Willem van Groenigen   +4 more
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Polyester-derived microfibre impacts on the soil-dwelling earthworm Lumbricus terrestris.

Environmental Pollution, 2019
Microplastic (MP) pollution is everywhere. In terrestrial environments, microfibres (MFs) generated from textile laundering are believed to form a significant component of MPs entering soils, mainly through sewage sludge and compost applications. The aim
Miranda T. Prendergast-Miller, Andreas Katsiamides, Mustafa Abbass, S. Sturzenbaum, K. Thorpe, M. Hodson   +5 more
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Tillage-induced effects on organic carbon in earthworm casts through changes in their physical and structural stability parameters

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Earthworm casts have been recognized as contributing to long-term carbon protection, but few studies have focused on the mechanism by which this is achieved.
Xuewen Chen, Aizhen Liang, Donghui Wu, Neil B. McLaughlin, Shuxia Jia, Shixiu Zhang, Yan Zhang, Dandan Huang   +7 more
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Genome and single-cell RNA-sequencing of the earthworm Eisenia andrei identifies cellular mechanisms underlying regeneration

Nature Communications, 2020
The earthworm is particularly fascinating to biologists because of its strong regenerative capacity. However, many aspects of its regeneration in nature remain elusive. Here we report chromosome-level genome, large-scale transcriptome and single-cell RNA-
Yong Shao, Xiaobo Wang, Jin-jin Zhang, Ming-li Li, Shou-Song Wu, Xi-Yao Ma, Xue Wang, Huifang Zhao, Yuan Li, H. Zhu, D. Irwin, Depeng Wang, Guo-Jie Zhang, Jue Ruan, Dong-Dong Wu   +14 more
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Cytomorphological changes in the cerebral and ventral ganglionic neurosecretory cells during copulation in epigeic earthworms

European Journal of Biological Research, 2020
In spite of hermaphroditism, most earthworm species reproduce by cross fertilization i.e. by the process of copulation of two mature partners. Mechanism of copulation in few earthworm species (Lumbricus terrestris) is known.
Dipanwita Banik, Priyasankar Chaudhuri, Anurag Bhattacharjee   +2 more
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Produção de minhocas e composição mineral do vermicomposto e das fezes procedentes de bubalinos e bovinos Earthworm production and mineral composition in vermicomposite and feces from buffaloes and cattle

Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 2003
O experimento foi conduzido no campus da Universidade Federal de Lavras, objetivando-se comparar o desempenho de minhocas Africanas e Vermelhas produzidas em "minhobox" com esterco de búfalos e de bovinos.
Victor Cruz Rodrigues, Vanessa Cristina de Almeida Theodoro, Ivo Francisco de Andrade, Antonio Inácio Neto, Victor do Nascimento Rodrigues, Fabiana Villa Alves   +5 more
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