Growing media constituents determine the microbial nitrogen conversions in organic growing media for horticulture. [PDF]
Microb Biotechnol, 2016 Summary Vegetables and fruits are an important part of a healthy food diet, however, the eco‐sustainability of the production of these can still be significantly improved. European farmers and consumers spend an estimated €15.5 billion per year on inorganic fertilizers and the production of N‐fertilizers results ...
Grunert O +6 more
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Plant-Derived Waste as a Component of Growing Media: Manifestations, Assessments, and Sources of Their Phytotoxicity [PDF]
PlantsEvery year, approximately 2 billion tons of plant-derived waste (such as straw and crop residues) are generated globally, most of which are either incinerated, dumped, or landfilled without proper planning, leading to severe environmental pollution and ...
Juncheng Liu +4 more
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Effective governing equations for poroelastic growing media [PDF]
The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 2014 A new mathematical model is developed for the macroscopic behaviour of a porous, linear elastic solid, saturated with a slowly flowing incompressible, viscous fluid, with surface accretion of the solid phase. The derivation uses a formal two-scale asymptotic expansion to exploit the well-separated length scales of the material: the pores are small ...
R. Penta, D. Ambrosi, R. J. Shipley
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The Cultivation of Arabidopsis for Experimental Research Using Commercially Available Peat-Based and Peat-Free Growing Media. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2016 Experimental research involving Arabidopsis thaliana often involves the quantification of phenotypic traits during cultivation on compost or other growing media.
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Synergistic use of peat and charred material in growing media – an option to reduce the pressure on peatlands? [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2017 Peat is used as a high quality substrate for growing media in horticulture. However, unsustainable peat extraction damages peatland ecosystems, which disappeared to a large extent in Central and South Europe. Furthermore, disturbed peatlands are becoming
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Risks to plant health posed by EU import of soil or growing media
EFSA Journal, 2015 Following a request from the European Commission, in this scientific opinion the EFSA Panel on Plant Health evaluates the risk of entry into the European Union of harmful organisms associated with soil or growing medium attached to plants for planting ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH Panel)
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Comparison of growing media for container grown plants [PDF]
, 2011 Greenhouse and growth chamber experiments are conducted worldwide in efforts to produce solutions that would increase yields of agronomic crops. However, the results of those experiments vary due to the many growth media being used.
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Application of different doses of compost as a substitution of the commercial substrate in nursery for pepper and tomato seedlings [PDF]
International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 2022 Purpose The decreasing number of peatlands has driven the search for new cultivation substrates. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of different composts as growing media in the production of vegetable seedlings (pepper and tomato).Method ...
Maria Fiasconaro +4 more
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Peat extraction, trade and use in Europe: a material flow analysis [PDF]
Mires and Peat, 2022 Peat is a fossil material used as a component of horticultural growing media as well as fuel. In a context of climate debates, several European countries have decided to address greenhouse gas emissions from peat extraction and use.
Olivier Hirschler, Bernhard Osterburg
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Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2023 This study was conducted to examine the effects of seed presoaking on bioactive phytochemicals in barley and wheat microgreens grown under two different growing media, i.e., hydroponics and organic soil.
Mohammad Zahirul Islam +2 more
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