Anbalagan M, Manivannan S (2012) Assessment of impact of invasive weed Parthenium
hysterophorus L. mixed with organic supplements on growth and reproduction preference of
Lampito mauritii (Kinberg) through vermitechnology. Int J Environ Biol 2:88–91
Atiyeh RM, Arancon N, Edwards CA, Metzger JD (2000) Influence of earthworm-processed pig
manure on the growth and yield of greenhouse tomatoes. Bioresour Technol 75(3):175–180
Dhileepan K (2012) Reproductive variation in naturally occurring populations of the weed
(Asteraceae) in Australia. Weed Sci 60(4):571–576
Doan TT, Henry-des-Tureaux T, Rumpel C, Janeau JL, Jouquet P (2015) Impact of compost,
vermicompost and biochar on soil fertility, maize yield and soil erosion in Northern Vietnam: a
three year mesocosm experiment. Sci Total Environ 514:147–154
Garg K, Bhardwaj N (2000) Effect of vermicompost of parthenium on two cultivars of wheat.
Indian J Ecol 27:177–180
Govindan VS (1998) Vermiculture and vermicomposting. In: Trivedi RK, Kumar A (eds)
Ecotechnology for pollution control and environmental management. Enviro Media, Maharashtra, pp 49–57
Hartenstein R, Neuhauser EF, Kaplan DL (1979a) Reproductive potential of the earthworm Eisenia
foetida. Oecologia 43(3):329–340
Hartenstein R, Neuhauser EF, Kaplan DL (1979b) A progress report on the potential use of
earthworms in sludge management. In: Proceedings of the eighth national sludge conference,
Florida, Mar 1979, pp 238–241
Hussain N, Abbasi T, Abbasi SA (2015) Vermicomposting eliminates the toxicity of Lantana
(Lantana camara) and turns it into a plant friendly organic fertilizer. J Hazard Mater 298:46–57
Hussain N, Abbasi T, Abbasi SA (2016) Transformation of Toxic and allelopathic lantana into a
benign organic fertilizer through vermicomposting. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
(SAA) 163:162–169
Kale RD, Bano K (1988) Earthworm cultivation and culturing techniques for the production of vee
COMP83E UAS. Mysore J Agric Sci 2:339–344
Kale RD, Mallesh BC, Kubra B, Bagyaraj DJ (1992) Influence of vermicompost application on the
available macronutrients and selected microbial populations in a paddy field. Soil Biol Biochem
24(12):1317–1320
Lazcano C, Sampedro L, Zas R, Domínguez J (2010) Assessment of plant growth promotion by
vermicompost in different progenies of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.). Comp Sci Util 18
(2):111–118
Mahadevappa M (1997) Ecology, distribution, menace and management of Parthenium. In: Proceedings of the first international conference on Parthenium management, Karnataka, India, 6–8
Oct 1997. University of Agricultural Sciences, pp 1–12
Maishi AI, Ali PS, Chaghtai SA, Khan G (1998) A proving of Parthenium hysterophorus, L. Br
Homeopath J 87(01):17–21
Mistry J, Mukhopadhyay AP, Baur GN (2015) Status of NPK in vermicompost prepared from two
common weed and two medicinal plants. Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol 3(2):193–196
Morin L, Reid AM, Sims-Chilton NM, Buckley YM, Dhileepan K, Hastwell GT et al (2009)
Review of approaches to evaluate the effectiveness of weed biological control agents. Biol
Control 51(1):1–15
Munroe G (2007) Manual of on-farm vermicomposting and vermiculture, vol 39. Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada, Nova Scotia, p 40
Rajiv P, Narendhran S, Subhash KM, Sankar A, Sivaraj R, Venckatesh R (2013) Parthenium
hysterophorus L. compost: assessment of its physical properties and allelopathic effect on
germination and growth of Arachis hypogeae L. Int Res J Environ Sci 2(2):1–5
Rampal R, Sharma D (2006) Impact of kitchen waste, water hyacinth and parthenium weed
vermicompost on the growth of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum mill. Var. Pusa ruby). Pollut
Res 25(3):577
Rampal R, Sharma D (2007) Vermicompost potential of various local earthworm species of Jammu
on Parthenium weed. Indian J Environ Ecoplan 14(3):611–614
206
D. Sharma and A. B. Chowdhary
hysterophorus L. mixed with organic supplements on growth and reproduction preference of
Lampito mauritii (Kinberg) through vermitechnology. Int J Environ Biol 2:88–91
Atiyeh RM, Arancon N, Edwards CA, Metzger JD (2000) Influence of earthworm-processed pig
manure on the growth and yield of greenhouse tomatoes. Bioresour Technol 75(3):175–180
Dhileepan K (2012) Reproductive variation in naturally occurring populations of the weed
(Asteraceae) in Australia. Weed Sci 60(4):571–576
Doan TT, Henry-des-Tureaux T, Rumpel C, Janeau JL, Jouquet P (2015) Impact of compost,
vermicompost and biochar on soil fertility, maize yield and soil erosion in Northern Vietnam: a
three year mesocosm experiment. Sci Total Environ 514:147–154
Garg K, Bhardwaj N (2000) Effect of vermicompost of parthenium on two cultivars of wheat.
Indian J Ecol 27:177–180
Govindan VS (1998) Vermiculture and vermicomposting. In: Trivedi RK, Kumar A (eds)
Ecotechnology for pollution control and environmental management. Enviro Media, Maharashtra, pp 49–57
Hartenstein R, Neuhauser EF, Kaplan DL (1979a) Reproductive potential of the earthworm Eisenia
foetida. Oecologia 43(3):329–340
Hartenstein R, Neuhauser EF, Kaplan DL (1979b) A progress report on the potential use of
earthworms in sludge management. In: Proceedings of the eighth national sludge conference,
Florida, Mar 1979, pp 238–241
Hussain N, Abbasi T, Abbasi SA (2015) Vermicomposting eliminates the toxicity of Lantana
(Lantana camara) and turns it into a plant friendly organic fertilizer. J Hazard Mater 298:46–57
Hussain N, Abbasi T, Abbasi SA (2016) Transformation of Toxic and allelopathic lantana into a
benign organic fertilizer through vermicomposting. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
(SAA) 163:162–169
Kale RD, Bano K (1988) Earthworm cultivation and culturing techniques for the production of vee
COMP83E UAS. Mysore J Agric Sci 2:339–344
Kale RD, Mallesh BC, Kubra B, Bagyaraj DJ (1992) Influence of vermicompost application on the
available macronutrients and selected microbial populations in a paddy field. Soil Biol Biochem
24(12):1317–1320
Lazcano C, Sampedro L, Zas R, Domínguez J (2010) Assessment of plant growth promotion by
vermicompost in different progenies of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.). Comp Sci Util 18
(2):111–118
Mahadevappa M (1997) Ecology, distribution, menace and management of Parthenium. In: Proceedings of the first international conference on Parthenium management, Karnataka, India, 6–8
Oct 1997. University of Agricultural Sciences, pp 1–12
Maishi AI, Ali PS, Chaghtai SA, Khan G (1998) A proving of Parthenium hysterophorus, L. Br
Homeopath J 87(01):17–21
Mistry J, Mukhopadhyay AP, Baur GN (2015) Status of NPK in vermicompost prepared from two
common weed and two medicinal plants. Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol 3(2):193–196
Morin L, Reid AM, Sims-Chilton NM, Buckley YM, Dhileepan K, Hastwell GT et al (2009)
Review of approaches to evaluate the effectiveness of weed biological control agents. Biol
Control 51(1):1–15
Munroe G (2007) Manual of on-farm vermicomposting and vermiculture, vol 39. Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada, Nova Scotia, p 40
Rajiv P, Narendhran S, Subhash KM, Sankar A, Sivaraj R, Venckatesh R (2013) Parthenium
hysterophorus L. compost: assessment of its physical properties and allelopathic effect on
germination and growth of Arachis hypogeae L. Int Res J Environ Sci 2(2):1–5
Rampal R, Sharma D (2006) Impact of kitchen waste, water hyacinth and parthenium weed
vermicompost on the growth of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum mill. Var. Pusa ruby). Pollut
Res 25(3):577
Rampal R, Sharma D (2007) Vermicompost potential of various local earthworm species of Jammu
on Parthenium weed. Indian J Environ Ecoplan 14(3):611–614
206
D. Sharma and A. B. Chowdhary