单词 | vermiculture |
释义 | vermiculturen. The cultivation of worms, esp. in order to utilize them in the conversion of organic waste into fertilizer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > use of other natural fertilizers marlingc1450 liming1620 chalking1626 sanding1670 shelling1780 straw-burning1799 ashing1842 vermiculture1976 1976 Newsweek 21 June 68/2 Like many other businesses these days, vermiculture has been touched by a hint of scandal. 1981 Water Pollution Control 80 639/2 Use of E[isenia] foetida in sludge management calls for two unit operations—the production of a stock of earthworms (vermiculture) and use of the stock for conversion of sludge to castings (sludge vermicomposting). 1985 Sunday Times 10 Feb. 80/8 Vermiculture and the marketing of the end product is a highly complex field. 1989 New Scientist 8 July 57/2 Spraying thickened sludge over outdoor beds of sawdust to create a material suitable for vermiculture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1976 |
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