Question

effect of use of pesticides on earthworm and farmer friendly lives in about 250 words​

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Earthworms are probably the most important members of the soil biota. Although they are not numerically dominant in soils, their large size makes them one of the major contributors to total biomass, and their activities are such that they are extremely important in maintaining soil fertility in a variety of ways. Aristotle was the first to draw attention to their role in turning over the soil and he aptly called them “the intestines of the earth.” However, it was not until the late 1800s that Charles Darwin (1881), in his definitive work, “The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms,” defined the extreme importance of earthworms in breakdown of dead plant and animal matter that reaches soil and in the continued maintenance of soil structure, aeration, drainage, and fertility.