Influence of pressmud on the enzymatic variations in the different reproductive stages of Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg)

Posterior gut of reproductively active, clitellate stage of the compost worm Eudrilus eugeniae when reared in pressmud (a waste byproduct of sugar mill) exhibits enhanced amylase, protease, acid and alkaline phosphatase and cellulase activity compared to activity of these enzymes observed in immature, pre-clitellate stage worms reared in the same media as well as in worms raised in cow dung. These enzymes activities are correlated to the significant growth exhibited by the clitellate stage.