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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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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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Differential Effects of a Vermicompost Fertilizer on Emergence and Seedling Growth of Tomato Plants

Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2017
Vermicompost products have gained a great importance in plant nutrition over the years. They are reported to have plant growth promoting effects both in horticulture and field crops.
Yurdagül Şimşek Erşahin, Ali Ece, Ebru Karnez   +2 more
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Comparison of the physical properties of vermicompost from paper mill sludge and green compost as substitutes for peat-based potting media [PDF]

, 2009
The properties of vermicompost, green compost, and their mixes as substitutes for peat were evaluated regarding their recommendation for potting media.
Blok, C., Campos Mota, L., Meeteren, U., van   +2 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-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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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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Soil Quality Engineering Using Vermicompost and its Effect on the Corn (Zea mays L.) Production in Coastal Area

Journal of Tropical Soils, 2020
The low quality of Entisol is caused by low availability of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium as well as low soil pH, so the addition of vermicompost is necessary.
Riwandi Riwandi, Hasanudin Hasanudin, Herry Gusmara, Anandyawati Anandyawati   +3 more
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Short Communication: The influence of vermicompost based substrates on basil growth and nutrient content

Agraarteadus, 2019
Vermicompost produced by earthworms is rich in macro- and micronutrients, vitamins and growth hormones, which are all needed for successful plant growth.
Margit Olle
doaj   +1 more source

THE EFFECT OF COMBINATIONS OF ORGANIC MATERIALS AND BIOFERTILISERS ON PRODUCTIVITY, GRAIN QUALITY, NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND ECONOMICS IN ORGANIC FARMING OF WHEAT [PDF]

, 2012
Organic farming often has to deal with a scarcity of readily available nutrients, and this is in contrast to chemical farming which relies on soluble fertilisers.
Davari, Mohammadreza, Mirzakhani, Mohammad, Sharma, Shri Niwas   +2 more
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