Table 3 Nutrients in frass fertilizers if applied at the rate of 5 t ha−1 for crop production.
From: Nutrient quality and maturity status of frass fertilizer from nine edible insects
Source of frass fertilizer | Nitrogen | Phosphorus | Potassium | Calcium | Magnesium | Sulphur | Zinc | Manganese | Iron | Copper | Boron |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(kg ha−1) | |||||||||||
Hermertia illucens | 147.5 ± 4.1 | 63.2 ± 2.7 | 203.7 ± 4.2 | 52.7 ± 2.2 | 26.2 ± 0.93 | 34.5 ± 0.76 | 0.84 ± 0.03 | 2.1 ± 0.18 | 39.0 ± 1.60 | 0.14 ± 0.00 | 0.16 ± 0.00 |
Tenebrio molitor | 124.3 ± 2.3 | 69.8 ± 2.6 | 104.8 ± 1.5 | 15.8 ± 0.6 | 28.5 ± 0.87 | 15.8 ± 0.17 | 0.51 ± 0.00 | 0.9 ± 0.07d | 2.2 ± 0.27 | 0.06 ± 0.00 | 0.03 ± 0.00 |
Scapsipedus icipe | 120.7 ± 1.2 | 74.2 ± 1.7 | 122.7 ± 0.7 | 139.8 ± 4.5 | 27.0 ± 0.58 | 19.0 ± 0.28 | 0.98 ± 0.01 | 2.2 ± 0.08 | 21.9 ± 0.98 | 0.15 ± 0.01 | 0.16 ± 0.00 |
Bombyx mori | 117.2 ± 3.3 | 8.5 ± 0.3 | 86.5 ± 0.9 | 173.7 ± 7.4 | 12.7 ± 0.33 | 9.2 ± 0.17 | 0.08 ± 0.00 | 0.6 ± 0.03 | 4.4 ± 0.28 | 0.04 ± 0.00 | 0.59 ± 0.02 |
Gryllus bimaculatus | 114.5 ± 2.1 | 76.7 ± 1.6 | 103.7 ± 1.4 | 147.3 ± 5.8 | 24.5 ± 0.29 | 20.8 ± 0.17 | 1.04 ± 0.01 | 1.8 ± 0.01 | 18.2 ± 0.42 | 0.15 ± 0.00 | 0.14 ± 0.01 |
Gonimbrasia krucki | 107.0 ± 1.3 | 9.8 ± 1.1 | 70.3 ± 2.9 | 94.7 ± 2.5 | 17.3 ± 0.17 | 14.7 ± 0.17 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 1.1 ± 0.18 | 9.1 ± 3.08 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.18 ± 0.01 |
Pachnoda sinuata | 106.8 ± 3.3 | 52.2 ± 0.7 | 151.2 ± 0.4 | 121.2 ± 2.1 | 34.2 ± 0.44 | 24.3 ± 0.17 | 0.98 ± 0.01 | 13.3 ± 0.25 | 108.5 ± 8.81 | 0.14 ± 0.00 | 0.25 ± 0.01 |
Schistocerca gregaria | 103.3 ± 0.7 | 36.5 ± 1.0 | 175.3 ± 8.0 | 62.7 ± 4.9 | 26.3 ± 0.73 | 13.7 ± 0.44 | 0.59 ± 0.02 | 1.7 ± 0.10 | 15.9 ± 1.05 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.01 |
Oryctes rhinoceros | 82.8 ± 2.2 | 21.5 ± 0.5 | 82.0 ± 0.3 | 108.5 ± 1.5 | 23.5 ± 0.00 | 14.0 ± 0.29 | 0.92 ± 0.02 | 22.3 ± 2.42 | 216.7 ± 2.44 | 0.15 ± 0.01 | 0.37 ± 0.01 |
