The effects of urine and urine-separated plant nutrient sources on growth and dry matter production of perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne . L)

Sanitation and dewatering of human urine via membrane bioreactor and membrane distillation and its reuse for fertigation

“…As such, urine to fertiliser conversion is becoming increasingly investigated as a means to reduce wastes, and reliance on finite mineral fertilisers. In this context, a growing number of agricultural trials were performed, showing that crops' yields significantly increased when fertilised with urine, and they were often similar in quantity to the one obtained with synthetic fertilisers (Bonvin et al, 2015;McHunu et al, 2018;Pandorf et al, 2019;Viskari et al, 2018). The use of urine as fertiliser source has also shown to be an effective way to achieve both biomass production as well as wastewater phytoremediation (Kamyab et al, 2017;Rezania et al, 2016;Yang et al, 2015).…”

Uptake of Selected Antiretrovirals by Pepper (Capsicum Annum), Radish (Raphanus Sativus), and Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne) Grown on Two Contrasting Soils and Fertilized with Human Urine-Derived Fertilizers

“…The use of stored urine as a fertilizer has been demonstrated in a variety of crops (Karak and Bhattacharyya, 2011;Pandorf et al, 2019;Alemayehu et al, 2020), while that of struvite was summarized in a meta-analysis review (Hertzberger et al, 2020). Nitrified urine concentrate was evaluated in hydroponics (Mauerer et al, 2018;Magwaza et al, 2020) and greenhouse studies (Bonvin et al, 2015;Mchunu et al, 2018). The efficiency of urine-derived fertilizers was reported to be comparable to that of mineral fertilizers for both nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) (Martin et al, 2020).…”

Root-Associated Bacterial Community Shifts in Hydroponic Lettuce Cultured with Urine-Derived Fertilizer

“…Through spontaneous biological hydrolysis of urea, N can be recovered as ammonia or ammonium [ 12 ]. The use of urine-derived fertilizers can be as effective as synthetic fertilizers in supporting plant growth [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. However, the application of urine-derived fertilizers in soilless culture systems has received little attention.…”