• .L.L.Manasa
• Tabassum Khan
• K. Tabassum
• Juvaria Azmath

Algae are simple plants that reproduce vegetatively by single cell division or fragmentation of colonies. Algae formation on pots and plug trays absorbs nutrients meant for plants and creates a barrier making it difficult for water to penetrate to the root zone. This will affect the quality and aesthetics of plants. Chemical algaecides kill algae in much the same way that weed killers kill undesired plants in your yard. Unfortunately, many the chemicals in algaecides do not target the algae specifically and can harm or kill any aquatic plants in your pond. Though some algaecide treatments will not kill your plants, they may stunt plant growth or have other negative effects. The extermination of algae is a problem, the methods to control algae can be expensive, cumbersome, environmentally unfriendly or all of these.The present paper aims at studying the effect of vermicompost on the algal Growth in plants.nine pots were taken and different herbs namely, Menthalongifolia,Coriandrumsativum and Hibiscus cannabinuswere grown in them out of which three were treated with common algaecide, three with vermicompost and three were left without treatment.It was observed that the plants which were treated with vermicompost were not effected by the algaeand the plants which were treated with algaecide also did not show the presence of algae but the plant growth was stunted whereas the pot which were left untreated showed growth of algae and very less growth of plants.

Algae,vermicompost,growth,algaecide

"EFFECT OF VERMICOMPOST ON ALGAL GROWTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.469-470, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006085.pdf

"EFFECT OF VERMICOMPOST ON ALGAL GROWTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp469-470, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006085.pdf