Vermicompost Biochemical Content of Different Types of Worms and Waste Feed Material
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- 10.2991/absr.k.210304.047How to use a DOI?
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- vermicompost, biochemical content, waste
- Abstract
Plant resistance can be induced with various secondary metabolites from vermicompost. Vermicompost has been known to have many advantages including containing a variety of secondary metabolites produced by earthworms. Polyphenols are a group of secondary metabolites needed by plants to form resistance against brown plant hopper attacks. Vermicompost is also rich in the enzyme chitinase. This enzyme is very useful to induce plant resistance to pests and diseases because it can decompose chitin on the body of insects and cell wall pathogens. Vermicompost combined with household kitchen waste such as eggshells, shrimp shells and banana peels are expected to increase the metabolite content. This study aims to determine the content of the enzyme chitinase and polyphenols in vermicompost from household kitchen waste. This research was conducted at the Laboratory of Basic Sciences and Plant Protection of Faperta Untirta from May 2019 to September 2019. The research used 2 factors. The first factor is the type of worm: 1) Lumbricus rubellus 2) Eisenia fetida, 3) Eudrilus eugeniae. The second factor is various media additives: 1) eggshells 2) rice straw, 3) banana peels. The basic ingredients of vermicompost consist of soil and buffalo dung in a ratio of 1: 1. There were 9 treatment combinations that were repeated 5 times, so that there were 45 experimental units. Data obtained by observing biochemical parameters 1) macro nutrient levels 2) polyphenols 3) silicates 4) pH 5) aflatoxin. There are various obstacles in the implementation of this study including the acclimatization of worms that experienced many failures. The results showed that there were differences in biochemical content in vermicompost with a combination of treatments between types of worms and household waste materials. Based on the results of the analysis, the resulting C/N ratio of 20.07 (N 1.15%, C-organic 23.09%, P2O5 total 0.47%) silica 10% in the C1L2 worm type treatment, was higher compared to other treatment types. While the results of qualitative analysis showed that there were polyphenol compounds in all treatments observed.
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TY - CONF AU - Dewi Hastuti AU - Sri Ritawati AU - Eltis Panca Ningsih AU - Rida Oktorida Kastini PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/04 TI - Vermicompost Biochemical Content of Different Types of Worms and Waste Feed Material BT - Joint proceedings of the 2nd and the 3rd International Conference on Food Security Innovation (ICFSI 2018-2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 254 EP - 257 SN - 2468-5747 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/absr.k.210304.047 DO - 10.2991/absr.k.210304.047 ID - Hastuti2021 ER -