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Vermicompost enhances soil biodiversity by promoting the beneficial microbes which inturn enhances plant growth directly by production of plant growth-regulating hormones and enzymes and indirectly by controlling plant pathogens, nematodes and other pests, thereby enhancing plant health and minimizing the yield loss. Vermicompost is a finely divided, peat like material with high porosity, good aeration, drainage, water holding capacity, microbial activity, excellent nutrient status and buffering capacity thereby resulting the required physiochemical characters congenial for soil fertility and plant growth. This biological organic waste decomposition process yields the biofertilizer namely the vermicompost. Vermicomposting is a non-thermophilic, boioxidative process that involves earthworms and associated microbes. See full article here or download the pdf file here. Microbial diversity of vermicompost bacteria that exhibit useful agricultural traits and waste management potential.įrom an article posted on the National Institutes of health.