Diagnosis of the fertility of compost-based growing media: Method comparison and monitoring in pot plant cultivation

Cáceres, Ramón; Marfà, Oriol

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2013.09.032

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“…With the development stages, the change from the vegetative to the reproductive phase is important [20]. To further hone the fertilizer recipes, periodic sampling is a must, helping to determine the nutritional status of the plants [21]. Many field studies have analyzed the optimum best nutrient management practices (BNMP) for the Mediterranean region, including fertilizer rate for a variety of crops [16,[22][23][24].…”

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Use of Recovered Struvite and Ammonium Nitrate in Fertigation in Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) Production for boosting Circular and Sustainable Horticulture

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Struvite and ammonium nitrate are products obtained from widely studied processes to remove phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) from waste streams. To boost circularity in horticulture, these recovered products should be applied to edible crops. Particularly, struvite has not been implemented in fertigation as the unique source of P fertilizer. Therefore, a soilless system greenhouse experiment was conducted for tomato crops during two growing seasons. This study aims to compare the agronomic and environmental effectiveness of recovered products used in a nutrient solution for fertigation (NS) to synthetic fertilizer treatment. Moreover, two different N concentrations of the NS were tested to evaluate the impact on the N-leaching. Additionally, struvite dissolution tests were performed to ensure its solubility. Satisfactory results of struvite solubilization were obtained. Results show that both nutrient-recovered products can be used as fertilizers in NS, due to their non-statistical significance in total yield production and fruit quality. However, ammonium nitrate treatment, depending on the crop variety, showed a lower marketable yield. Moreover, the variation on N concentration input exhibited leachate concentration differences, with N leached percentage values from 36 to 13%. These results give deeper insights into the future potential utilization of nutrient-recovered products and technical data to optimize fertigation strategies.

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Use of Recovered Struvite and Ammonium Nitrate in Fertigation in Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) Production for boosting Circular and Sustainable Horticulture

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“…The inclusion of animal manure in substrates can supply the majority of nutrients necessary for good seedling development [6]. However, there is no single substrate that is ideal for all species [7,8,5].…”

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Production of high-quality seedlings of Handroanthus spongiosus (Bignoniaceae), native to a seasonally dry tropical forest

De Jesus Silva,

Regina Pelacani,

Araujo Gomes

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Studies of the use of alternative substrates have enabled producing seedlings of various species with high quality and low cost. The objective of this work was to evaluate the best cultivation conditions for production of Handroanthus spongiosus seedlings. The seeds were collected from five different populations in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, and cultivated in six substrates: soil, sand, soil + vermiculite, soil + goat manure, soil + vermiculite + goat manure, and soil + goat manure + 30% biochar. We evaluated the emergence, shoot and root length, stem base diameter, shoot and root dry mass, and Dickson quality index. The substrates with addition of organic matter favored increased shoot length, stem diameter and dry mass. The incorporation of goat manure and biochar in the substrates favored the quality of the H. spongiosus seedlings.

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“…Thus, appropriate waste management is needed to ensure the feasibility of this industry, and research can help in optimizing the agricultural use of such by-products. Concerning horticulture, potential targets to be studied are the organic amendment, fertilization, biostimulation against plant stress, correction of crop deficiencies, and production of growing media (Cáceres and Marfà, 2013;Marfà et al, 2009;Polo et al, 2006).…”

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Nitrification of leachates from manure composting under field conditions and their use in horticulture

Cáceres¹,

Magrí²,

Marfà³

2015

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Diagnosis of the fertility of compost-based growing media: Method comparison and monitoring in pot plant cultivation

Cited by 12 publications

References 29 publications

Use of Recovered Struvite and Ammonium Nitrate in Fertigation in Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) Production for boosting Circular and Sustainable Horticulture

Use of Recovered Struvite and Ammonium Nitrate in Fertigation in Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) Production for boosting Circular and Sustainable Horticulture

Production of high-quality seedlings of Handroanthus spongiosus (Bignoniaceae), native to a seasonally dry tropical forest

Nitrification of leachates from manure composting under field conditions and their use in horticulture

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