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Insects as Food and Feed Source: A Comprehensive Review on Nutritional Value, Food Safety Concern, Environmental Benefits, Economic Potential, Technological Innovations, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Food Frontiers, EarlyView.
Edible insects offer a sustainable protein source, requiring fewer resources than traditional livestock. Despite challenges, they have the potential to enhance food security and sustainability for a growing global population. ABSTRACT As the world faces an escalating protein crisis amid climate change, population growth, and resource scarcity, edible ...
Anil Gautam, Ishwari Gyawali, Sushma Poudel, Sachin Devkota, Rabin Acharya, Milan Kandel, Deepak Subedi   +6 more
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Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris L.) Mediate the Fertilizing Effect of Frass

Agronomy, 2020
With the forecasted dramatic growth of insect rearing in the near future, frass (insect excreta) has been increasingly considered a sustainable resource for managing plant nutrition in cropping systems and a promising alternative to conventional ...
Anne-Maïmiti Dulaurent, Guillaume Daoulas, Michel-Pierre Faucon, David Houben   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Devastating Rio Doce mining disaster sends shockwaves through earthworm populations

Journal of Environmental Quality, EarlyView.
Abstract The Fundão dam breach is considered one of the most severe environmental mining disasters globally, causing widespread changes to the soils of the Rio Doce watershed, one of Brazil's most important catchments. Given the ecological importance of earthworms to soil structure and dynamics, we investigated the richness, abundance, and biomass of ...
Herlon Nadolny, Yumi Oki, Walisson Kenedy‐Siqueira, Marcos P. Santos, Luis M. Hernández‐García, Daniel Negreiros, João C. G. Figueiredo, Fernando F. Goulart, George G. Brown, Geraldo W. Fernandes   +9 more
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Earthworm (Eisenia andrei) Avoidance of Soils Treated with Cypermethrin

Sensors, 2011
The pyrethroid insecticide cypermethrin is used for agricultural and public health campaigns. Its residues may contaminate soils and the beneficial soil organisms, like the earthworms, that may ingest the contaminated soil particles.
Mara M. de Andréa, Ana Paula A. de Sousa   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

An oasis of fertility on a barren island: Earthworms at Papadil, Isle of Rum [PDF]

, 2015
The Isle of Rum, Inner Hebrides, has an impoverished earthworm fauna as the soils are generally acidic and nutrient-poor. Species associated with human habitation are found around deserted crofting settlements subjected to “clearances” in the mid-19th ...
Butt, Kevin Richard, Callaham, Mac A.Jr., Lowe, Christopher Nathan, Nuutinen, Visa   +3 more
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Testing the Impact of Prey Presentation Method on the Feeding Kinematics of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ambystomatidae

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In animal behavior, standardizing experimental protocols ensures a rigorous interpretation of the results. However, when working with multisource data, homogeneous standardization is often difficult to attain. This is the case for many studies on feeding kinematics where experimental protocols are carried out using similar but not identical ...
Isabelle Toussaint‐Lardé, Vivien Louppe, Morgane Fournier, Julien Clavel, Anthony Herrel, Anne‐Claire Fabre   +5 more
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When plastisphere and drilosphere meet: Earthworms facilitate microbiome and nutrient turnover to accelerate biodegradation of agricultural plastic films

Environment International
Agricultural plastic mulching films have been an environmental concern for decades. The effects of the interactions between the anthropogenic plastisphere and other soil biospheres, particularly that of earthworms, on the fate of plastics remain poorly ...
Caide Huang, Liuwei Wang, Wei-Min Wu, Yvan Capowiez, Yuhui Qiao, Deyi Hou   +5 more
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Soil structure and earthworm activity under different tillage systems in organic farming [PDF]

, 2007
Organic farmers are encouraged to adopt conservation tillage to preserve soil quality and fertility and prevent erosion. However, many studies in different soil and climate conditions have demonstrated that the compaction of the untilled layer is higher ...
Aveline, Anne, Cannavaccuiolo, Mario, Gautronneau, Yvan, Giteau, Jean-Luc, Peigné, Joséphine   +4 more
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Soil pH governs production rate of calcium carbonate secreted by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris [PDF]

, 2011
Lumbricus terrestris earthworms exposed to 11 soils of contrasting properties produced, on average, 0.8 ± 0.1 mgCaCO3 earthworm−1 day−1 in the form of granules up to 2 mm in diameter.
Canti, M. G., Gwilliam, K. H., Hodson, Mark E., Lambkin, Denise C., Layton, C., Piearce, T. G.   +5 more
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Effects of Agricultural Management on Water Retention via Changes in Organic Carbon in Topsoil and Subsoil

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Increases in soil organic carbon (SOC) through agricultural management can alter soil water retention. This is determined via changes in pore size distribution, namely, air capacity (AC), plant‐available water capacity (PAWC), and hygroscopic water capacity (HWC). However, it is uncertain how much soil water retention in topsoil and
Laura E. Skadell, Ullrich Dettmann, Georg Guggenberger, Axel Don   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source