Agricultural and Industrial Valorization of<i>Arundo donax</i>L.

Andreu-Rodríguez, J.; Medina, Eva; Ferrández-García, María Teresa; Ferrández-Villena, Manuel; Ferrández-García, Clara Eugenia; Paredes, C.; Bustamante, M.A.; Moreno‐Caselles, J.

doi:10.1080/00103624.2013.745363

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“…Miscanthus is a renewable raw material and a low-input crop that can be locally produced, providing ecosystem services, such as CO 2 mitigation and biodiversity [124]. Moreover, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) [125,126], giant reed (Arundo donax L.) [127], reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) straw [128], and willow (Salix spp.) [126] have been used in plant production alone or in mixtures with other materials.…”

Section: Other Organic Materials As Bioresources and Growing Media Comentioning

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Increasing Sustainability of Growing Media Constituents and Stand-Alone Substrates in Soilless Culture Systems

2019

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Decreasing arable land, rising urbanization, water scarcity, and climate change exert pressure on agricultural producers. Moving from soil to soilless culture systems can improve water use efficiency, especially in closed-loop systems with a recirculating water/nutrient solution that recaptures the drain water for reuse. However, the question of alternative materials to peat and rockwool, as horticultural substrates, has become increasingly important, due to the despoiling of ecologically important peat bog areas and a pervasive waste problem. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive critical review of current developments in soilless culture, growing media, and future options of using different materials other than peat and rockwool. Apart from growing media properties and their performance from the point of view of plant production, economic and environmental factors are also important. Climate change, CO 2 emissions, and other ecological issues will determine and drive the development of soilless culture systems and the choice of growing media in the near future. Bioresources, e.g., treated and untreated waste, as well as renewable raw materials, have great potential to be used as growing media constituents and stand-alone substrates. A waste management strategy aimed at reducing, reusing, and recycling should be further and stronger applied in soilless culture systems. We concluded that the growing media of the future must be available, affordable, and sustainable and meet both quality and environmental requirements from growers and society, respectively.

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Section: Other Organic Materials As Bioresources and Growing Media Comentioning

confidence: 99%

Increasing Sustainability of Growing Media Constituents and Stand-Alone Substrates in Soilless Culture Systems

2019

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“…Lange) Imbach, and Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P.Kumm) [ 9 ], beached Posidonia residues ( Posidonia oceanica L.) [ 10 ], extracted sweet corn tassel ( Zea mays L.) [ 11 ], and giant reed ( Arundo donax L.) wastes [ 12 ] have been studied as partial or total substrate components. Also, numerous studies have reported the use of organic residues, after proper composting, as peat substitutes in potting media, such as municipal solid waste compost [ 13 , 14 , 15 ], animal manure compost [ 16 ], green waste compost [ 16 , 17 , 18 ], Posidonia compost [ 19 , 20 ] and agro-industrial compost [ 17 , 21 , 22 , 23 ].…”

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The Challenge of Peat Substitution in Organic Seedling Production: Optimization of Growing Media Formulation through Mixture Design and Response Surface Analysis

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Peat replacement is an increasing demand in containerized and transplant production, due to the environmental constraints associated to peat use. However, despite the wide information concerning the use of alternative materials as substrates, it is very complex to establish the best materials and mixtures. This work evaluates the use of mixture design and surface response methodology in a peat substitution experiment using two alternative materials (green compost and palm fibre trunk waste) for transplant production of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.); melon, (Cucumis melo L.); and lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) in organic farming conditions. In general, the substrates showed suitable properties for their use in seedling production, showing the best plant response the mixture of 20% green compost, 39% palm fibre and 31% peat. The mixture design and applied response surface methodology has shown to be an useful approach to optimize substrate formulations in peat substitution experiments to standardize plant responses.

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“…In this sense, MAPW could be a good alternative to pine bark in substrates, comparing with the findings of Altland and Krause (2012), especially to reduce BD and salinity of compost-based media (Moral et al 2013). Excessive air capacity and low TWHC could be the most significant problems for mono-ingredient soilless uses, especially fibrous and carbonaceous materials (Urrestarazu, Martínez, and Salas 2005;Altland and Krause 2012;Andreu-Rodriguez et al 2013). In relation to the particle size of MAPW, physical properties were affected but without any general trend, with a hydrophobic behavior related to greater specific surface; for example, the <0.5-mm fraction induced lower TWHC values.…”

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New Biomass Sources to Reduce Peat Dependence in Mediterranean Substrates: Validation ofMorus albaL.,Sorghum vulgareL., andPhoenix canariensisPruning Wastes

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Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

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The use of alternative materials to peat in soilless crop production, such as woody pruning wastes, has been reported by several researchers. In Mediterranean countries, several potential alternatives have been identified such as palm species or woody pruning wastes coming from different plant species. Mulberry (Morus alba L.) is a tree crop widely used in Europe for urban landscaping and to provide shade. Mulberry trees are pruned in sericulture two or three times a year to obtain a better yield of leaves. In an urban landscape, the trees are pruned once a year to form the canopy. Sorghum (Sorghum vulgare L.) is a cereal crop widely cultivated because it is considered the fourth most important summer crop in the world after soy, corn, and sunflower. It is one among the few resilient crops that can adapt well to future climate change conditions, particularly increasing drought, soil salinity, and high temperatures. After the harvest, the inedible parts of the plant, the stalks and leaves, are left over and must be disposed of, most of the time by burning. Palm trees in Spain, as in most of the European regions where palms are cultivated, are mainly used as ornamental plants in urban areas. One of the most commonly used palm tree in landscaping is the Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis Hort. Ex Chavaud). These palm trees are pruned up to twice a year in this region, producing huge amounts of biomass that are disposed of in landfills. In this experiment, physical and chemical parameters were determined in the different particle sizes (<0.25, 0.25-1, 1-2, and 2-4 mm) of the raw residual materials from pruning activities of mulberry (Morus alba L.), sorghum (Sorghum vulgare L.), and palm (Phoenix canariensis) to evaluate their suitability for use as growing substrate. According to the results obtained, it can be concluded that the alternative materials for substrate preparation obtained from the pruning wastes of Morus alba (MAPW), Sorghum vulgare (SVPW), and Phoenix canariensis (PCPW) had suitable values of physical properties related to substrate porosity and wetting capacity. These 11 materials also had high or very high total organic carbon (C) to total nitrogen (N) ratio values and low nutrient contents, except for potassium (K) in SVPW and PCPW.

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Agricultural and Industrial Valorization ofArundo donaxL.

Cited by 24 publications

References 26 publications

Increasing Sustainability of Growing Media Constituents and Stand-Alone Substrates in Soilless Culture Systems

Increasing Sustainability of Growing Media Constituents and Stand-Alone Substrates in Soilless Culture Systems

The Challenge of Peat Substitution in Organic Seedling Production: Optimization of Growing Media Formulation through Mixture Design and Response Surface Analysis

New Biomass Sources to Reduce Peat Dependence in Mediterranean Substrates: Validation ofMorus albaL.,Sorghum vulgareL., andPhoenix canariensisPruning Wastes

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