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SIMPLE ORGANIC FERTILIZER AMENDMENTS FOR FARMING IN DEGRADED SOILS: EFFECTS ON PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
… treatment. These results suggest that these organic soil amendments can increase soil and plant health which provides a cost-effective strategy for both pre-existing and newly established agricultural areas.</p>
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The effects of neighbor, distance, and organic fertilizer on the establishment and early performance of three woody species in a restoration trial in the Kunene region, Namibia
… plant species and plant spacing as well as organic fertilizer influence restoration outcomes. This study evaluated the effects of neighbor identity, planting distance, and organic fertilizer on the growth, survival, and leaf traits of three woody species – Vachellia erioloba, Colophospermum …
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Comparisons of crop yields using semi-organic and inorganic fertilizers
… of experiments is described in which a semi-organic fertilizer is compared to the more widely used inorganic type. A semi-organic fertilizer contains a base of organic materials to which is added a mixture of inorganic salts to make up a suitable analysis. The results from three years field …
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Improving the Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Dairy Farming using Value-Added Products derived from the Anaerobic Digestion of Manure
… waste stabilization; and (iii) production of organic fertilizer. Locally available organic waste streams were evaluated for co-digestion with dairy manure to increase biomethane production at the on-farm AD. The effective pasteurization temperature and duration to reduce fecal coliform, E. …
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Adubação orgânica do solo: a conscientização por meio de campos de multiplicação de sementes crioulas no agreste paraibano.
… of native seeds as encouraging the use of organic fertilizer in the operating region of Paraiba Network seeds for the production and recovery of native seeds , as well as strengthening of Community Seed Banks ( BSC ) in the state of Paraíba . For the research were adopted practices visits, …
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Groundcover Management System and Nutrient Source Impact Physical Soil Quality Indicators in an Organically Managed Apple Orchard
… soil physical condition of a newly established, organically managed apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) orchard. Annual applications of municipal green compost (GC), shredded office paper (SP), wood chips (WC), and mow-blow (MB) grass mulch were utilized as GMS, and NS supplied to trees were from …
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Avaliação do comportamento de chalotas (Allium ascalonicum) sob aplicação de biofertilizante.
… ascalonicum) (onion white and brown) under organic production. The experiment was conducted on the Site Pitiá, Areia - PB. The design was randomized blocks with 4 treatments of 2 Shallots in the presence and absence of biofertilizer with 4 repetitions. The cultivation period was from …
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Kinetic modeling and experimentation of anaerobic digestion
Anaerobic digesters convert organic waste (agricultural and food waste, animal or human manure, and other organic waste), into energy (in the form of biogas or electricity). An added benefit to bio-digestion is a leftover high-grade organic fertilizer. Models of the anaerobic digestion process do …
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Pengaruh kombinasi limbah cair tahu dan kompos sampah organik rumah tangga pada pertumbuhan dan hasil panen kailan (Brassica oleracea Var. Acephala)
… generated tofu liquid waste that many contained organic material that had potential as an organic fertilizer. Household organic waste compost was dense organic fertilizer that was obtained from the decay of organic waste household results with the microorganisms’ addition that produced rich …
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A Comparative Study of Composted Organic Wastes and IBDU Fertilizer in Nitrogen Utilization by Bentgrass Cultivars
… was conducted to provide evidence that composted organic waste materials do provide comparable nitrogen absorption efficiency in relation to an organic slow release fertilizer. Western's compost facility supplied the two different organic wastes, which had been composted for 1 year. The materials …
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Distant harvest : the production and price of organic food
Organic food is growing in popularity, enjoying a 15 to 20% increase in sales, yearly, since about 1997, according to the Organic Trade Association. Organic produce makes up about 2% of the United States' total food sales - and because it doesn't rely on synthetic pesticides or herbicides, some …
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Penggunaan multi isolat bakteri pelarut fosfat, pupuk SP36 dan pupuk organik cair untuk meningkatkan produktifitas tanaman kedelai (Glycine max L. Merril) di tanah masam
… aims to determine whether the use of liquid organic fertilizer, inorganic fertilizer (SP36) and biofertilizer (inokulsi bacteria Phosphate solvent) may be increasing the productivity of soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) on acid soils. The research was conducted on the Date of 01Februari 2010 - …
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Nitrogen Management and the Effects of Compost Tea on Organic Irish Potato and Sweet Corn
… (N) to the soil is a major challenge for organic farmers, especially when growing crops in soils that are in transition from conventional to organic systems. This research evaluated the effects of site produced cover crops and application of soil amendments on N uptake and crop yield of …
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Impact of International Trade on Coffee Industry: The Case of Kagera Region in North-West Tanzania
… by applying the natural pesticides and organic fertilizer like dung manures to reduce the adverse impact of international trade. Also, the government should exploit gas-utilization at capacity to enable the coffee processing industries to reduce the importation of oil, the approach that …
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Management strategies for control of soybean cyst nematode and their effect on the nematode community
… Chapter 2 describes experiments testing ten organic soil amendments at various rates for SCN control in the greenhouse. Some amendments-particularly canola meal, pennycress seed powder and condensed distiller's solubles-effectively reduced SCN populations at 40 days after planting soybeans. …
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Study of food waste composting by using breadfruit peel as fermentation liquid
… are nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, total organic carbon and heavy metals. As for biological parameters, bacteria count were tested during the study. Breadfruit peel was used as fermentation liquid because of it suitability and it is one of food waste that produced by MRMI and soil with …
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Challenges and opportunities for consumers and producers in Central Iowa local food systems
… greenhouse experiments to examine different organic fertilizer amendments (bone meal, blood meal, feather meal and fish emulsion, each applied at two rates) and how they influenced organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) transplant characteristics. In general, lower application rates of …
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Benthic invertebrate management in plastic-lined fish culture ponds
… lining significantly reduces the amount of organic sediment typically found on the bottom of culture ponds there is also a limited amount of organic substrate available to potential benthic macroinvertebrates, which are important prey for larval fish. Previous studies on plastic-lined ponds …
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Detection of antibiotic resistance genes in gardening composts
Compost is an organic fertilizer widely used for gardening. To evaluate the risk of antibiotic resistance and potential pathogens in composts, two homemade composts, eight commercially available composts, and one immature swine mortality compost were collected and analyzed by high-throughput …
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Cultivar, Season Extension, Fertilizer Trials of Swiss Chard and Pedagogy of Assessing Cultivars Using Technology
… also conducted to determine optimum, pre-plant organic fertilizer amendment for container production of Swiss chard. Ten pre-plant organic fertilizers were compared against a control (Osmocote). There were no significant differences in dry weight, plant height, or plant width among the …
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