Soil compost amendment enhances tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>
 L.) quality

Baldantoni, Daniela; Bellino, Alessandro; Alfani, Anna

doi:10.1002/jsfa.7608

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“…Long-term soil amendments with biowaste compost, alone or in combination with mineral fertilizers (MFs), may represent a cost-effective, eco-friendly, and safe strategy [12,13]. Indeed this practice not only can have positive effects on crop yield [8] and edaphic community [14,15], but also can ensure crop quality [12,16], even when increases in soil potentially toxic element (PTE) bioavailability occur [17]. The physicochemical and biological properties of agroecosystem soils may be improved not only by BC, but also by SS application.…”

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Compost and Sewage Sludge for the Improvement of Soil Chemical and Biological Quality of Mediterranean Agroecosystems

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Carotenuto

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Conventional fertilization practices in agroecosystems concern the supply of bioavailable nutrients, such as mineral fertilizers. A consolidated alternative to restoring the long-term fertility of agricultural soils is their amendment with organic fertilizers. Soil amendment with biowaste compost or sewage sludge represents a sustainable strategy to avoid the landfilling of organic matter derived from urban waste and sewage sludge. This study aims at validating the use of quality biowaste compost and sewage sludge from secondary sedimentation (alone or in combination with mineral fertilizers) in a Mediterranean agroecosystem and their effects on soil chemical and biological quality, with a view to verifying the maintenance of soil fertility and functionality. In particular, the dynamics of soil organic matter, pH, potentially toxic elements and microbial community functionality were assessed, in experimental mesocosms, during 6 months of incubation. The research showed that, while soil amendment with biowaste compost induces positive effects on soil organic matter and phosphorous concentrations, as well as on microbial community functionality, the amendment with the selected sewage sludge does not determine any benefit to the microbial community or any danger in relation to soil potentially toxic element concentrations and toxicity. The quantity of sewage sludge employed, chosen according to regional directives, was thus not enough to stimulate the edaphic microflora activity.

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Compost and Sewage Sludge for the Improvement of Soil Chemical and Biological Quality of Mediterranean Agroecosystems

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Carotenuto

et al. 2020

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“…Even if recycling back byproducts from food production, processing and consumption into the food system represent key points of circular and sustainable agriculture [4], concerns regarding the potential introduction of persistent contaminants or the enhancement of their availability to the biota still exist [14][15][16][17][18]. The same applies to the selection of different species and cultivars, able to achieve high yields by enhancing the efficiency of soil utilization, but potentially accumulating large amounts of persistent pollutants, with possible threats for food security and environmental health [19][20][21].…”

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Influence of the Choice of Cultivar and Soil Fertilization on PTE Concentrations in Lactuca sativa L. in the Framework of the Regenerative Agriculture Revolution

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Cicatelli³

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Evaluating the relative weight of the choice of cultivar and soil fertilization on potentially toxic elements (PTEs) accumulation is crucial in promoting informed decisions in the framework of regenerative agriculture. To this end, 11 PTEs (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, Zn) were determined in both leaves and roots of six cultivars (Stylist, Xanadu, Aljeva, Bacio, Analena, Vincenzo) of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) grown side by side on mineral fertilized or biowaste compost amended soils, under greenhouse conditions. The use of multivariate and linear modelling approaches indicated that the organ and cultivar primarily account for the variability in PTE concentrations. In terms of PTE partitioning between organs, Cd and Mg were preferentially accumulated in leaves, whereas Cu, Pb, K and Zn in roots. As for the cultivar, Xanadu showed the highest concentrations of several PTEs, with Cd reaching concerning levels. Fertilization had a detectable contribution only on Cd accumulation, slightly increased in leaves by compost. Findings highlight the key role of cultivar choice in guaranteeing food safety and grant the possibility to adopt biowaste compost in regenerative agriculture without concerns about PTE accumulation enhancements in lettuce, but demand a cautionary approach in the case of Cd.

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“…The use of these wastes in agriculture is an idea which has become increasingly widespread in the last decades. Some waste have been investigated as potential sources of biostimulants for organic tomatoes (Chehade et al, 2018) or as a mineral fertilizer to improve soil characteristics (Baldantoni et al, 2016;Zipori et al, 2018). Some researchers have proposed an agronomic use for these by-products as foliar biofertilizers or by applying them directly on the ground through irrigation or as solid fertilizer (Tejada and González, 2003;López-Piñero et al, 2008;Rodríguez-Lucena et al, 2010).…”

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Effect of table olive wastewaters on growth and yield of cucumber, pepper, tomato and strawberry

Santos

Brenes

Garcı́a

et al. 2019

Scientia Horticulturae

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Soil compost amendment enhances tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) quality

Abstract: The agricultural use of quality compost represents an effective strategy to obtain high quality products in an economically and environmentally sustainable way. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.

Cited by 19 publications

References 29 publications

Compost and Sewage Sludge for the Improvement of Soil Chemical and Biological Quality of Mediterranean Agroecosystems

Compost and Sewage Sludge for the Improvement of Soil Chemical and Biological Quality of Mediterranean Agroecosystems

Influence of the Choice of Cultivar and Soil Fertilization on PTE Concentrations in Lactuca sativa L. in the Framework of the Regenerative Agriculture Revolution

Effect of table olive wastewaters on growth and yield of cucumber, pepper, tomato and strawberry

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