Vermiwash-A potential plant growth promoter

Sustainable agriculture has become important in the present time owing to pollution and soil degradation. The use of organic manures and fertilizers which are of biological origin is one of the important practices in this form of agriculture. One among them is vermiwash which is liquid plant growth promoter that is known to bring about growth enhancement in a wide variety of plants. The use and application of vermiwash could play a beneficial role in sustainable agriculture as it is environment friendly, cost effective, reliable and easily available. Vermiwash has excellent growth promoting effects besides serving as biopesticide. In recent days the vermiwash is used as liquid manure. Even though much work has been done on vermicomposting very few reports are available related to vermiwash and its impact on the plant growth. Hence this paper provides an overview of vermiwash and its advantages.