Paddy Straw and Maize Stalks Compost for Cultivation  of Agaricus bisporus

Kaur, Sukhmandeep; Kaur, Mehakpreet; Devi, Rajni; Kapoor, Swati

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2019.801.255

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“…The values of final compost obtained showed on par with standard compost (Table 5). Earlier studies on paddy straw + maize stalk (1:1, w/w) compost was the best formulation which could be further exploited for large scale production of mushrooms for small and marginal farmers also showed similar results (Kaur et al, 2019). The results obtained in the present study coincide with the result obtained by Gurumurthy et al (2018) where the study focused composting with microbial consortia.…”

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Aerobic composting of fruits and vegetable wastes from Madiwala market, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pillai¹,

Jhanani²,

Hemashree³

et al. 2019

Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Plant Biol.

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Composting is one of the cheap and best methods for the disposal of organic waste and its conversion into valuable products. Composting is a spontaneous, biological decomposition process of organic materials in a predominantly aerobic environment. Composting is one of the important and economical methods of the manipulation of a biological process, decomposition; raw organic materials such as manure, leaves, grass clippings, food wastes, and municipal bio solids are converted to stable soil-like humic substances. Composting is an ancient technology undertaken on a variety of levels, from home to industrial which involves a number of microbes. Composting have several benefits, it improves manure handling, possible saleable product, improves land application, minimum risk of different pollution problems, perfect soil conditioner. Composting is a process in which biological breakdown of organic waste under different controlled conditions takes place. The objective of this paper is to study the performance of the aerobic composting of vegetable and fruit wastes in different proportions which may prove to control the environmental pollution and the end product will be useful to the peoples.

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confidence: 87%

Aerobic composting of fruits and vegetable wastes from Madiwala market, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pillai¹,

Jhanani²,

Hemashree³

et al. 2019

Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Plant Biol.

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“…Bioactive compounds or microbes stimulate various biological processes and exert direct positive impact on the plant. The addition of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) to the compost makes it biologically active and effective for seed germination and plant growth, soil rehabilitation, and disease suppression ( Tahir et al, 2006 ; El-Akshar et al, 2016 ; Kaur et al, 2019 ). The phytohormone-producing PGPB mediate water and nutrient uptake due to increased root proliferation that ultimately improve plant growth and yield ( Imran et al, 2021 ).…”

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Tailored Bioactive Compost from Agri-Waste Improves the Growth and Yield of Chili Pepper and Tomato

Imran

Sardar

Khaliq

et al. 2022

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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An extensive use of chemical fertilizers has posed a serious impact on food and environmental quality and sustainability. As the organic and biofertilizers can satisfactorily fulfill the crop’s nutritional requirement, the plants require less chemical fertilizer application; hence, the food is low in chemical residues and environment is less polluted. The agriculture crop residues, being a rich source of nutrients, can be used to feed the soil and crops after composting and is a practicable approach to sustainable waste management and organic agriculture instead of open-field burning of crop residues. This study demonstrates a feasible strategy to convert the wheat and rice plant residues into composted organic fertilizer and subsequent enrichment with plant-beneficial bacteria. The bioactive compost was then tested in a series of in vitro and in vivo experiments for validating its role in growing organic vegetables. The compost was enriched with a blend of micronutrients, such as zinc, magnesium, and iron, and a multi-trait bacterial consortium AAP (Azospirillum, Arthrobacter, and Pseudomonas spp.). The bacterial consortium AAP showed survival up to 180 days post-inoculation while maintaining their PGP traits. Field emission scanning electron microscopic analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of bioactive compost further elaborated the morphology and confirmed the PGPR survival and distribution. Plant inoculation of this bioactive compost showed significant improvement in the growth and yield of chilies and tomato without any additional chemical fertilizer yielding a high value to cost ratio. An increase of ≈35% in chlorophyll contents, ≈25% in biomass, and ≈75% in yield was observed in chilies and tomatoes. The increase in N was 18.7 and 25%, while in P contents were 18.5 and 19% in chilies and tomatoes, respectively. The application of bioactive compost significantly stimulated the bacterial population as well as the phosphatase and dehydrogenase activities of soil. These results suggest that bioactive compost can serve as a source of bioorganic fertilizer to get maximum benefits regarding vegetable yield, soil quality, and fertilizer saving with the anticipated application for other food crops. It is a possible win-win situation for environmental sustainability and food security.

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“…The presence of bioactive compounds and microbes stimulates various biological processes in the plant and positively impacts its growth ( Singh, 2014 ). Microbes-containing compost is biologically active and effective for seed germination, plant growth, soil rehabilitation, and disease control ( Uzoh and Babalola, 2018 ; Kaur et al., 2019 ; Zahra et al., 2021 ). Composts can also be supplemented with exogenous microorganisms to produce mycorrhizal fertilizers, which improve soil structure, increase organic matter accumulation, and maintain indigenous microorganisms ( Youssef et al., 2021 ; Mahapatra et al., 2022 ).…”

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Preparation, biocontrol activity and growth promotion of biofertilizer containing Streptomyces aureoverticillatus HN6

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Nowadays, due to the excessive dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agricultural production, many problems, such as soil hardening and soil-borne diseases, have become increasingly prominent, which seriously restrict the sustainable development of agriculture. The application of microbial fertilizer prepared by biocontrol microorganisms can not only improve soil structure and increase fertility but also have the function of controlling diseases. Streptomyces aureoverticillatus HN6 has obvious disease prevention and growth promotive effect, which can improve the rhizosphere fertility of plants and even regulate the rhizosphere microbial community of plants. Based on the comparison of frame composting and natural composting, we used the response surface method to optimize the preparation conditions of Streptomyces HN6 bacterial fertilizer. The results showed that natural composting not only produced higher composting temperatures and maintained long high temperature periods in accordance with local conditions, but was also more suitable for composting in the field according to local conditions. Therefore, the substrate’s conductivity changed more, the ash accumulation increased, and the substrate decomposed more thoroughly. Thus, this composting method is highly recommended. Additionally, Streptomyces HN6 microbial fertilizer EC20 can reduce cowpea fusarium wilt and promote cowpea growth. The number of plant leaves, plant height and fresh weight, increased significantly in the microbial fertilizer EC20. Moreover, Streptomyces HN6 fertilizer EC20 could significantly induce soil invertase, urease and catalase activities. Our study highlights the potential use of Streptomyces HN6 as a biofertilizer to improve plant productivity and biological control of plant pathogenic fungi.

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Paddy Straw and Maize Stalks Compost for Cultivation of Agaricus bisporus

Cited by 4 publications

References 13 publications

Aerobic composting of fruits and vegetable wastes from Madiwala market, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Aerobic composting of fruits and vegetable wastes from Madiwala market, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Tailored Bioactive Compost from Agri-Waste Improves the Growth and Yield of Chili Pepper and Tomato

Preparation, biocontrol activity and growth promotion of biofertilizer containing Streptomyces aureoverticillatus HN6

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