For entertainment I just acquired some worms for my garden and the seller tells me that they are Eisenia andrei. When looking for reliable literature about the biology of these Oligochaetos I find many contradictions. However, they are very important to compost and avoid contamination of food with agrochemicals. I am going to present here a question for the intervention of the scientific community: Do you think is important to work in the study of the biology of these Oligochaetos? There are many contradictions. I can´t find nothing definitive and the worms are very important and useful. What opinions are here about it? Are 13 species in the genus? Is its taxonomy clear? I can think of many more questions to solve by scientific aproaches. What do you think about it?
Good question. The taxonomy and ecology of earthworms contributing in nutrient cycling are a lot still desired to be done. Their ecological niches are still unclear. Let's debate onnrhese issue , rightly tossed up...
Nice question...It is very important to analyse the biology of earthworm and their contribution towards the nutrient cycling...We should have a species specific details of the earthworm's role
There are many more species of earthworms utilized for vermicomposting processes...
2 major app Eisenia faetida and Eudrilus eugenia are important....
Taxonomy, biological aspects of all species of earthworm are different...these 2 spp are very popular in Indian scenario...
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