Purpose. It has recently become more popular in North America for composting purposes.

Besides, we want to study the earthworm activities for vermiculture and vermicomposting practices. The most effective use of earthworms in organic waste management requires a detailed under- standing of the biology of all potentially useful species (Edwards and Bohlen, 1996). This species is marketed for its ability to create fine worm castings quickly. The Perionyx excavatus clitellum covers segments 13-17 whereas the clitellum of the Eisenia Fetida covers segments 25-30.In laymans' terms, that means that the "collar" of the mature P. excavatus is much closer to its head than the E. fetida's.This can be seen in the image above.

The aim of this study was to recycle and reuse the enormously available unutilized lignocellulosic solid organic waste resource, cashew leaf litter (CLL) admixed with various animal dungs, cowdung, sheepdung and horsedung by employing predominantly available indigenous epigeic earthworm—Perionyx excavatus (Perrier, 1872) and produce quality vermifertilizer. Perionyx excavatus (Perr.)

Popular names for this species include composting worms, blues, or Indian blues. 2.

P.excavatus is an earthworm found commonly over a large area of tropical Asia (Gates, 1972). This is an epigeic species which lives in organic wastes, and high moisture contents and … The Perionyx excavatus lacks the alternate light & dark banding of the E. fetida. Besides, we want to study the earthworm activities for vermiculture and vermicomposting practices. Materials and methods Collection of earthworm, animal dung and CLL The life cycle of Perionyx excavatus has been studied and the potential of this epigeic earthworm species for breaking down and processing organic wastes is well known. Materials and methods Collection of earthworm, animal dung and CLL biology, only Perionyx excavatus and Lampito mauritii are widely used. Secondly, in contrast to regeneration in other animals, earthworm regeneration of a complete head and tail requires the reformation of various tissues and organs, including a Perio Perionyx excavatus (used in this study) is able to regenerate an amputated head and tail completely within 25d post-amputation.

It has recently become more popular in North America for composting purposes. is an earth-worm found commonly over a large area of tropical Asia (Stephenson 1930; Gates 1972) although it has been transported to Europe and North America. nous epigeic earthworm, Perionyx excavatus (Perrier) and to produce agronomic value added vermifertilizer.

1. Perionyx excavatus (Perr.)

is an earth-worm found commonly over a large area of tropical Asia (Stephenson 1930; Gates 1972) although it has been transported to Europe and North America. Perionyx excavatus is a commercially produced earthworm. The coelomic fluid (CF) was extruded from the earthworm using electric shock method and used for the experiments. Vermicomposting potentiality of Perionyx excavatus for recycling of waste biomass of java citronella - An aromatic oil yielding plant

In the present study, Perionyx excavatus specimens were collected from the undivided Midnapore district and from the Earthworms gut, bacteria, fungus, actinobacteria, and yeast were isolated and identified using various morphological and biochemical tests. The major objective of this work is to evaluate the feasibility of heat‐inactivated coelomic fluid (HI‐CF) of the earthworm, Perionyx excavatus as a possible alternative for FBS in animal cell culture experiments.