Frass and Furious: Unfolding the Potential of Insect Frass as Soil Fertilizer
AgrochemicalsOver the past decade, insect farming has garnered significant scientific and commercial attention due to its potential as a sustainable and efficient alternative nutrient source for both animal feed [...]
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Use of wool and insect frass as crop fertilisers [PDF]
Wool and insect frass are underutilised agricultural by-products with considerable potential as soil amendments. In Norway, more than 60% of wool is discarded due to minor impurities, while annual frass production could potentially reach 727,000 tonnes.
Swiergon, Anna
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Impacts of insect frass and cadavers on soil surface litter decomposition along a tropical forest temperature gradient. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Insect herbivores play important roles in shaping many ecosystem processes, but how climate change will alter the effects of insect herbivory are poorly understood.
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A New Organic Amendment Based on Insect Frass for Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) Cultivation [PDF]
, 2022 Insect frass is considered as a sustainable resource for plant nutrition. This new amendment is characterized by a high salinity (EC) which constitutes an issue for its agronomic utilization.
Moulay Hicham EL Omari +7 more
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Insect frass composition and potential use as an organic fertilizer in circular economies. [PDF]
J Econ EntomolAbstract Insect manure or “frass” has emerged as an alternative nutrient source for alleviating the dependence on fossil fuel-based fertilizers, reducing food waste, and promoting food security. Yet, research on insect frass chemical composition is in its infancy.
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Integrating insect frass biofertilisers into sustainable peri-urban agro-food systems [PDF]
, 2020 The larvae of black soldier fly (BSF) have shown great promise in transforming organic wastes into a more valuable larval biomass. Importantly, after insects have been harvested the remaining by-product, comprised of the spent substrate and frass (insect
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The Insects as a Workforce for Organic Fertilizers Production – Insect Frass
, 2022 Following the evolution of composting technology, the process of digestion of a biological substrate by insects (entomocomposting) represents the last stage; however, from its initial context of producing an organic fertilizer, the role of entomocomposting has been imposing itself (due to increasing demographic pressure) mainly in the safe disposal of ...
Regina Menino, Daniel Murta
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Waste Not, Want Not:The Regulatory Barriers of Upcycling Frass [PDF]
, 2022 The current rates of population growth necessitate the need for more sustainable food production. The breeding of insects could be a possibility. Since the turn of the millennium, there has been a clear increase in the interest in breeding insects in ...
Huulgaard, Rikke Dorothea; id_orcid +1 more
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Mathematical and computational modeling for organic and insect frass fertilizer production: A systematic review. [PDF]
PLoS OneOrganic fertilizers have been identified as a sustainable agricultural practice that can enhance productivity and reduce environmental impact. Recently, the European Union defined and accepted insect frass as an innovative and emerging organic fertilizer.
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Impacts of insect frass and cadavers on litter decomposition along a tropical forest temperature gradient dataset [PDF]
, 2022 Dataset (mass loss, % carbon, % nitrogen) used for article, "Impacts of insect frass and cadavers on litter decomposition along a tropical forest temperature ...
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