📚 Volume 28, Issue 8
📋 ID: SGfnazJ
Authors
Victor Adrian Ramirez Mendez, Remigio Anastacio Guzman-Plazola, Alejandro Perez Panduro, Julio Sanchez Escudero
Agroecology and Sustainability Program, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, carretera Mexico-Texcoco km 36.5, C.P. 56230, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.
Abstract
Anaerobic degradation of municipal organic waste produces considerable amounts of biogas and leachates that pollute the environment. The valorization of this waste is an alternative for the generation of environmental and economic benefits. Hermetia illucens larvae digest a wide range of organic materials, turning them into high value protein and organic fertilizer. Bioconversion and weight accumulation dynamics by larvae fed with household waste (HW), restaurant waste (RW), porcine manure (PM) and bovine manure (BM) were evaluated. Larvae weight accumulation and waste degradation rates were estimated by adjusting data to logistic models. The highest weight accumulation rate was obtained with RW (0.315 � 0.090 g (g?d)-1), followed by BM (0.214 � 0.054 g (g?d)-1), PM (0.213 � 0.064 g (g?d)-1) and HW (0.199 � 0.064 g (g?d)-1). The larvae degraded PM, RW and HW in a similar way and faster than BM. Fitting data to logistic models allowed to analyze the dynamics of larvae weight gain and waste bioconversion and provided information for the optimal utilization of these processes.
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Victor Adrian Ramirez Mendez, Remigio Anastacio Guzman-Plazola, Alejandro Perez Panduro, Julio Sanchez Escudero (2021).
"BIOCONVERSION DYNAMICS OF MUNICIPAL ORGANIC WASTE AND WEIGHT GAIN BY THE BLACK SOLDIER FLY LARVAE (Hermetia illucens)".
Wulfenia, 28(8).
