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Eco-friendly soil amendments improve growth, antioxidant activities, and root colonization in lingrain (Linum Usitatissimum L.) under drought conditions.

PLoS ONE, 2021
This study's primary purpose was to investigate the possible amelioration of limited irrigation conditions by mycorrhiza (AMF), vermicompost, and green manure for lingrain plants.
Mahdieh Fallah, Hashem Hadi, Reza Amirnia, Abdollah Hassanzadeh-Ghorttapeh, Ali Tan Kee Zuan, R Z Sayyed   +5 more
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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DOSES OF VERMICOMPOST ON THE GROWTH OF APULEIA LEIOCARPA (VOG) MACBR. SEEDLINGS [PDF]

, 2005
The objective of this study was to determine the best vermicompost dose for seedling production of Apuleia leiocarpa. The experiment consisted of five treatments, which were conducted in a greenhouse.
Mauro Valdir Schumacher, Leonir Rodrigues Barichello, Hamilton Luiz Munari Vogel, Peter Spathelf, Marcos Vinicius Winckler Caldeira   +4 more
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Sustainable management of diseases and pests in crops by vermicompost and vermicompost tea. A review [PDF]

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2021
AbstractThe intensive use of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides in the agricultural field has globally destroyed soil fertility, killed beneficial microorganisms, and also decreased natural resistance in crops, thereby making them more vulnerable to diseases besides affecting human health and the environment.
Yatoo, Ali Mohd, Ali, Md. Niamat, Baba, Zahoor Ahmad, Hassan, Birjees   +3 more
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Effects of biochar and vermicompost on growth and economic benefits of continuous cropping pepper at karst yellow soil region in Southwest China

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Recently, biochar (B) and vermicompost (V) have been widely used as amendments to improve crop productivity and soil quality. However, the ameliorative effects of biochar and vermicompost on the continuous cropping of pepper under open-air conditions ...
Meng Zhang, Yanling Liu, Quanquan Wei, Lingling Liu, Xiaofeng Gu, Jiulan Gou, Ming Wang   +6 more
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VERMICOMPOST AS AN ALTERNATIVE OF MANAGEMENT FOR WATER HYACINTH [PDF]

, 2016
  Aquatic weeds, such as Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (water hyacinth) can be used as raw material for vermicompost. Vermicompost is the product of microbial decomposition of organic waste through the digestive tracts of earthworms. The aim of this
Álvarez Bernal, Dioselina, Mora, Miguel, Lastiri Hernández, Marcos Alfonso, Buelna Osben, Héctor René, Contreras Ramos, Silvia Maribel, Miguel Mora, Dioselina Álvarez Bernal, Marcos Alfonso Lastiri Hernández, Héctor René Buelna Osben, Silvia Maribel Contreras Ramos   +9 more
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Economic benefits and soil improvement: Impacts of vermicompost use in spinach production through industrial symbiosis

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Industrial symbiosis is being increasingly recognized as a valuable tool for promoting a more sustainable production process in agriculture. However, the primary motivation for implementing industrial symbiosis is economic viability.
Maria Raimondo, Giuseppe Di Rauso Simeone, Giuseppe Paolo Coppola, Massimo Zaccardelli, Francesco Caracciolo, Maria A. Rao   +5 more
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Compost: vermicompost (BEST4Soil Factsheet)

, 2020
This Best4Soil factsheet provides an over of how to make vermicompost: compost produced at ambient temperatures using epigeic earthworms. The factsheet highlights the differences between vermi- and thermophilic compost, production methods and technology,
Grand, Alfred
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Vermicompost-mediated modulation of agronomic and physiological traits enhances wheat performance under variable water regimes

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Wheat is a major cereal crop whose growth and productivity are highly influenced by soil moisture availability. Vermicompost application has been proposed as a sustainable approach to mitigate the adverse impacts of drought stress.
Ali Ahmad, Zubair Aslam, Muhammad Awais Arshad, Usman Zulfiqar, Hossam S. El-Beltagi, Mohammed O. Alshaharni, P. V. Vara Prasad   +6 more
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Assessment of the nematicidal potential of vermicompost, vermicompost tea, and urea application on the potato-cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida [PDF]

, 2015
The addition of organic material to the soil can be an effective alternative to the environmentally unsafe chemical treatments that are used to control plant parasitic nematodes.
Kovacik, P., Renco, M.
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Vermicomposting of coirpith with cowdung by Eudrilus eugeniae Kinberg and its efficacy on the growth of Cyamopsis tetragonaloba (L) Taub

Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, 2014
In view of the growing awareness about ecofriendly organic farming and biotechnology, coirpith and cowdung natural sources were used to produce vermicompost which showed enhanced growth promoting effect in the crop Cyamopsis tetragonaloba.
G. Nattudurai, S. Ezhil Vendan, P.V. Ramachandran, S. Lingathurai   +3 more
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