Soil restoration using composted plant residues: Effects on soil properties

Tejada, Manuel; Hernández, Teresa; Izquierdo, Carlos García

doi:10.1016/j.still.2008.08.004

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“…By increasing soil organic matter content, composts improve soil physical properties such as structural stability (Tejada et al 2009), total porosity and hydraulic conductivity (Aggelides and Londra 2000), aggregate formation (Sodhi et al 2009), and water holding capacity (Curtis and Claassen 2005). Soil fertility can be further increased by the addition of nutrients from compost.…”

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Effects of compost on water availability and gas exchange in tomato during drought and recovery

Nguyen¹,

Fuentes²,

Marschner³

2012

Plant Soil Environ.

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Compost can increase soil water availability and nutrient uptake by plants, but it is not clear whether it can also improve the ability of plants to recover after drought stress. Tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) were grown in sandy soil without compost or with compost either incorporated or mulched. There were two water treatments: (i) plants grown under sufficient water supply throughout the experiment and (ii) plants grown with sufficient water supply until day 33 after which water was withheld until stomatal conductance was close to zero. Compost addition increased water content at both field capacity and permanent wilting point, but only incorporated compost increased total available water. Compost addition increased shoot and root growth under well-watered and drought stressed conditions with a greater effect by incorporated compost. At sufficient water supply, the rates of photosynthesis and transpiration were similar in all treatments. Drought stressed plants with incorporated compost wilted earlier than control plants, whereas mulched compost increased water availability to plants and hence the number of days until wilting. Photosynthesis and transpiration recovered faster in plants grown with incorporated compost compared to other treatments. The rapid recovery of plants after drought with incorporated compost could be due to their greater root length.

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Effects of compost on water availability and gas exchange in tomato during drought and recovery

Nguyen¹,

Fuentes²,

Marschner³

2012

Plant Soil Environ.

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“…Several experimental trials were carried out using different olive mill typology wastes (two phase mill fluid pomace; three phase mill pomace and waste water), mixed with others agricultural or agroindustrial byproducts, with the aim to evaluate both the composting process efficiency, and the amendment and nutritional efficiency of obtained composts on: i) maintain or improving soil properties and soil fertility; ii) growth and yield performance of herbaceous crops; iii) growth and yield performance of olive orchards (Albuquerque et al, 2007;Alfano et al, 2008;Baeta-Hall et al, 2005;Boulter et al, 2000;Calvet et al, 1985;Casacchia et al, 2012;Diacono & Montemurro, 2010;Hoitink et al, 1997;Montemurro et al, 2004Montemurro et al, , 2006Montemurro et al, , 2010Montemurro et al, , 2011bTejada et al, 2006Tejada et al, , 2009Toscano et al, 2009 b).…”

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Olive Mill By-Products Management

Toscano¹,

Montemurro²

2012

Olive Germplasm - The Olive Cultivation, Table Olive and Olive Oil Industry in Italy

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“…Take crops straw for example, it is not only valuable in improvement of soil properties and crop production (Shi et al, 2010;Tejada et al, 2008;Kasteel et al, 2007;Liu et al, 2006;Kumar and Goh, 2000), composted fertilizer (Lim et al, 2012), forage processing, biofuel production (Tian et al, 2013;Sun et al, 2010;Rasmussen et al, 2010;Han et al, 2009), and industrial utilization (Suzuki et al, 2007), but also in the research potential and utilizing prospects in the field of agricultural pests management (Cao et al, 2010;Han et al, 2010;Ma et al, 2013), environmental pollution abatement (Liu et al, 2012;Chen et al, 2008;Chen and Yuan, 2011;Jones et al, 2011), etc. (Duan et al, 2012Woolf et al, 2010).…”

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Growth disturbance of extracts from several crops straw (residue) on Ageratina adenophora and biological-control implications in hazardous weed invasion for eco-restoration

Huang

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Ecological Engineering

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a b s t r a c tLaboratory biological simulation experiment was conducted to investigate growth disturbance of high, moderate, low concentration of aqueous extracts (i.e. the original extracts with a solid-liquid ratio of 1:40 g mL −1 and its 5 times diluents and 25 times diluents) from several crops straw (residue) on Ageratina adenophora, a worldwide notorious invasive weed. The results showed: (a) aqueous extracts from several crops straw (residue) brought about different impacts on the single index for germination and growth of A. adenophora, e.g., high concentration of aqueous extracts from Brassica oleracea waste leaves showed a strong inhibition against the germination rate (GR) and germination index (GI) of A. adenophora, while high concentration of aqueous extracts from Vicia cracca straw showed a strong inhibition against radicle length (RL) and hypocotyl length (HL) of A. adenophora; (b) high concentration of aqueous extracts from B. oleracea waste leaves and high, moderate and low concentration of aqueous extracts from Oryza sativa straw and Triticum aestivum straw showed rather strong synthetic effects (inhibition) on GR and GI of A. adenophora, which could be chosen for the control over the seeds germination of A. adenophora; (c) high and moderate concentrations of aqueous extracts from V. cracca straw, high concentration of aqueous extracts from B. campestris waste leaves, and moderate and low concentrations of aqueous extracts from O. sativa straw and T. aestivum straw showed rather strong synthetic effects (inhibition) on RL and HL of A. adenophora, which could be selected as ideal materials for the control over the seedlings growth of A. adenophora; and (d) high concentrations of aqueous extracts from V. cracca straw, B. oleracea waste leaves and B. campestris waste leaves, and high, moderate and low concentrations of aqueous extracts from O. sativa straw and T. aestivum straw showed rather strong synthetic effects (inhibition) on GR, GI, RL and HL of A. adenophora, which could be selected as ideal materials for the control over the seeds germination and seedlings growth of A. adenophora. Thus, this study would provide a theoretic guidance and technical support for the resources utilization of crops straw (residue) and the prevention and control over invasive weeds as well.

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Soil restoration using composted plant residues: Effects on soil properties

Cited by 250 publications

References 37 publications

Effects of compost on water availability and gas exchange in tomato during drought and recovery

Effects of compost on water availability and gas exchange in tomato during drought and recovery

Olive Mill By-Products Management

Growth disturbance of extracts from several crops straw (residue) on Ageratina adenophora and biological-control implications in hazardous weed invasion for eco-restoration

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