Includes bibliographical references and index.

Antimicrobial vermipeptides : from methods to characteristics / Sun Zhenjun -- Optimizing earthworm sampling in ecosystems / Jan Valckx ... [et al.] -- Earthworms and soil structure / Yasemin Kavdir and Remzi Ilay -- Comparative anatomy of the calciferous gland of lumbricid earthworms / Maria Jesus Iglesias Briones and Trevor George Piearce -- Reproduction of earthworms : sexual selection and parthenogenesis / Dario J. Diaz Cosin, Marta Novo, and Rosa Fernandez -- The earthworm inoculation unit technique : development and use in soil improvement over two decades / Kevin Richard Butt -- Controlled cultivation of endogeic and anecic earthworms / Kevin Richard Butt and Christopher Nathan Lowe -- The meek shall inherit the burrow : feedback in earthworm soil modification / Visa Nuutinen -- Earthworms interactions with soil enzymes interactions / Ridvan Kizilkaya ... [et al.] -- The impact of cultivation techniques on earthworm populations / Avril Rothwell, Keith Chaney, and Pat Haydock -- Assessing the role of earthworms in biocontrol of soil-borne plant fungal diseases / Mukesh K. Meghvansi ... [et al.] -- The use of vermicompost products to control plant diseases and pests / Yurdagul Simsek-Ersahin -- Vermicompost as a biological soil amendment / J. Tajbakhsh, E. Mohammadi Goltapeh, and Ajit Varma -- Earthworm innate immune system / Peter Engelmann ... [et al.] -- Earthworms : a potent herbal target for TCM (CAM) research / Yung-Ming Chang ... [et al.] -- Earthworms as bioindicators of soil quality / Heinz-Christian Frund, Ulfert Graefe, and Sabine Tischer -- Application of molecular genetics to earthworm ecology : current research and promising future directions / F. Lazrek ... [et al.] -- Population dynamics of earthworms in organic farming systems / James B. Kotcon.