A Comparative Study on the Biodegradation of Coir Waste by Three Different Species of Marine Cyanobacteria

Now a days imbalanced use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides on soil and in plant are not only harmful to soil micro flora and fauna but also reduce the progressive productivity potential of the land. Coir waste contain high amount of cellulose and lignin. So it cannot be easily degraded by soil and cause environmental pollution. In order to overcome this problem and increase the nitrogen content of the soil, biocomposting process is a viable means of converting various organic wastes generated from the industry and the agriculture sectors into beneficial products such as biofertilizer and as a soil conditioner. This is an appropriate method was employed to utilize the coir waste in a profitable manner to reduce the environmental hazards. This study was conducted to identify the efficiency of the degradation work among the Phormidium sp, Oscillatoria sp and Anabaena azollae sps. The field trial was also carried out by using the above selected organisms with coir waste to make value added product such as manure or Biofertilizer.