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Short Term Experiments on Farm Survivility of Earthworms in Tea Garden Due to Effect of Pesticides


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1 Ecology Laboratory, Zoology Department, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Orissa, India
 

To find out the impact of pesticide spraying on the tea garden and farm survivility experiments were carried out. It was observed that there was 82.19% reduction in total earthworm density and about 67% reduction in biomass on application of nickel.

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Soil Fauna, Diversity Index, Dominanace Index.
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Aliva Patnaik
Ecology Laboratory, Zoology Department, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Orissa, India

Abstract


To find out the impact of pesticide spraying on the tea garden and farm survivility experiments were carried out. It was observed that there was 82.19% reduction in total earthworm density and about 67% reduction in biomass on application of nickel.

Keywords


Soil Fauna, Diversity Index, Dominanace Index.