Table 2 Concentrations of micronutrients in frass fertilizers produced by different insect species.
From: Nutrient quality and maturity status of frass fertilizer from nine edible insects
Source of frass fertilizer | Manganese | Iron | Zinc | Copper | Boron | Sodium | Aluminium (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(mg kg−1) | |||||||
Hermertia illucens | 409 ± 36.2c | 7803 ± 319.5c | 168.0 ± 5.03d | 26.9 ± 0.50b | 32.6 ± 0.66d | 5263.3 ± 153.0b | 0.59 ± 0.020c |
Tenebrio molitor | 176 ± 14.2c | 436 ± 54.1d | 102.7 ± 0.33f | 12.6 ± 0.07d | 5.8 ± 0.45f | 170.7 ± 8.1g | 0.03 ± 0.003e |
Scapsipedus icipe | 431 ± 16.4c | 4380 ± 196.0cd | 196.0 ± 2.00ab | 30.4 ± 1.07a | 31.8 ± 0.19d | 680.3 ± 20.4ef | 0.28 ± 0.006d |
Bombyx mori | 128 ± 5.6c | 887 ± 56.2d | 16.1 ± 0.60g | 8.9 ± 0.35e | 118.0 ± 3.61a | 39.8 ± 3.0g | 0.07 ± 0.004e |
Gryllus bimaculatus | 359 ± 2.5c | 3643 ± 84.1cd | 208.0 ± 1.53a | 29.9 ± 0.18ab | 28.5 ± 1.12de | 957.7 ± 12.3e | 0.25 ± 0.003d |
Gonimbrasia krucki | 225 ± 35.0c | 1825 ± 615.7d | 13.8 ± 2.68g | 4.3 ± 0.50f | 35.3 ± 0.97d | 1546.7 ± 56.1d | 0.13 ± 0.033e |
Pachnoda sinuata | 2660 ± 50.3b | 21,767 ± 1762.9b | 195.3 ± 2.73b | 28.6 ± 0.60ab | 49.0 ± 1.91c | 7626.7 ± 148.5a | 1.77 ± 0.059b |
Schistocerca gregaria | 335 ± 18.9c | 3187 ± 211.7d | 117.0 ± 3.51e | 17.8 ± 0.98c | 23.5 ± 1.43e | 566.7 ± 13.3f | 0.30 ± 0.017d |
Oryctes rhinoceros | 4460 ± 484.5a | 43,333 ± 2488.2a | 183.0 ± 3.22c | 30.6 ± 1.08a | 73.2 ± 1.90b | 2320.0 ± 76.4c | 2.94 ± 0.027a |
χ2 value | 684.1 | 1470.2 | 5994.4 | 1794.4 | 3161.7 | 8883.3 | 11,847.0 |
df | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
p value | ≤ 0.001 | ≤ 0.001 | ≤ 0.001 | ≤ 0.001 | ≤ 0.001 | ≤ 0.001 | ≤ 0.001 |
