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Earthworms Modulate Impacts of Soil Heterogeneity on Plant Growth at Different Spatial Scales

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Soil heterogeneity (uneven distribution of soil nutrients and/or other properties) is ubiquitous in nature and can greatly affect plant growth. As earthworm activity can influence nutrient redistribution in the soil, we hypothesize that earthworms may ...
Michael Opoku Adomako   +7 more
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Earthworms and Soil Pollutants [PDF]

open access: yesSensors, 2011
Although the toxicity of metal contaminated soils has been assessed with various bioassays, more information is needed about the biochemical responses, which may help to elucidate the mechanisms involved in metal toxicity. We previously reported that the earthworm, Eisenia fetida, accumulates cadmium in its seminal vesicles.
Hirano, Takeshi, Tamae, Kazuyoshi
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Earthworms Building Up Soil Microbiota, a Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2019
The positive effect of earthworms on soil processes and plant growth has been extensively documented. The capacity of earthworms to decompose organic matter has been attributed to the microbial communities that inhabit their digestive track or the ...
Regina M. Medina-Sauza   +10 more
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The Nephridia of Earthworms. [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1888
THE last number of the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science has just come into my hands, containing a paper, by Mr. Beddard, on the nephridia of certain earthworms. In November of last year I read a paper, before the Royal Society of Victoria, on the anatomy of the large Gippsland earthworm, Megascolides australis.
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Analysis of reproductive damage in earthworms (Amynthas corticis) exposed to cypermethrin

open access: yesEcotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022
Cypermethrin contamination was a potential threat to soil organisms. In the present work, reproductive damage in earthworms (Amynthas corticis) exposed to cypermethrin was investigated.
X.Z. Zhu   +6 more
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“Notes on Earthworms” [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1884
REFERRING to Mr. Hughes' communication to NATURE of May 15, p. 57, I myself to-day saw a small worm pursued by a black insect, also evidently the larva of one of the Carabidae. I was attracted by observing the worm emerge from the ground and hurry quickly away.
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Deževniki kot kazalniki onesnaženosti tal

open access: yesActa Silvae et Ligni, 2013
The metal levels were determined in soil samples in earthworms collected in the vicinity of the abandoned lead smelter (the Upper Meža Valley, Žerjav) andthe largest thermal power plant in Slovenia (the Šalek Valley, Veliki Vrh),near Velenje - Celje road
Samar Al Sayegh-Petkovšek   +1 more
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The Utilization of Mushroom Waste Substrate in Producing Vermicompost: The Decomposer Capacity of Lumbricus rubellus, Eisenia fetida and Eudrilus eugeniae

open access: yesActa Technologica Agriculturae, 2020
The objective of this study was to determine the capacity of Lumbricus rubellus, Eisenia fetida and Eudrilus eugeniae earthworms in vermicompost production utilizing mushroom waste substrate based on weight; number and weight loss of earthworms ...
Purnawanto Agus Mulyadi   +3 more
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Earthworms as a vector of aspergillus niger dispersal to enhance the decomposition of oil palm trunks

open access: yesSoil & Environment, 2020
Effective plant residue management is crucial in the replanting operation of mature oil palm plantations. Control of the large amount and volume of the fallen palm trunks is challenging.
Okto Prandi Sihombing   +2 more
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