Recycling of organic wastes through composting: Process performance and compost application in agriculture

T Sayara, R Basheer-Salimia, F Hawamde, A Sánchez - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Composting has become a preferable option to treat organic wastes to obtain a final stable
sanitized product that can be used as an organic amendment. From home composting to big …

Vermicompost acts as bio-modulator for plants under stress and non-stress conditions

C Makkar, J Singh, C Parkash, S Singh, AP Vig… - Environment …, 2023 - Springer
Vermicompost is being used as a component of organic farming, making it imperative to
study the role and impact of vermicompost on the growth of different plants species. The …

Soil organic carbon is affected by organic amendments, conservation tillage, and cover crop** in organic farming systems: A meta-analysis

R Crystal-Ornelas, R Thapa, KL Tully - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Meta-analysis is often used to compare how soil health differs between organic and
conventional farming systems. However, the burgeoning primary literature on organic …

Vermicompost improves tomato yield and quality and the biochemical properties of soils with different tomato planting history in a greenhouse study

XX Wang, F Zhao, G Zhang, Y Zhang… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
A greenhouse pot test was conducted to study the impacts of replacing mineral fertilizer with
organic fertilizers for one full growing period on soil fertility, tomato yield and quality using …

Short-term effects of compost amendments to soil on soil structure, hydraulic properties, and water regime

PA Rivier, D Jamniczky, A Nemes, A Makó… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - sciendo.com
Despite the increasing interest in applying composts as soil amendments worldwide, there is
a lack of knowledge on short-term effects of compost amendments on soil structural and …

Harnessing biotechnology for penicillin production: Opportunities and environmental considerations

MA Haque, ND Nath, TV Johnston, S Haruna… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of antibiotics, penicillin has remained the top choice in clinical medicine.
With continuous advancements in biotechnology, penicillin production has become cost …

Potentiality of vermicomposting in the South Pacific island countries: A review

RC Pierre-Louis, MA Kader, NM Desai, EH John - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Incorporation of vermin culture in the composting system produces “vermicompost”, an
enriched biofertilizer known to improve the physical, chemical, and biological properties of …

Organic fertilization and tree orchards

T Chatzistathis, V Kavvadias, T Sotiropoulos… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Organic fertilization has been proposed as an alternative approach to supply nutrients for
crops, in the frame of organic and sustainable agriculture, with the aim to decrease high …

Trace metal complexation with dissolved organic matter stresses microbial metabolisms and triggers community shifts: The intercorrelations

G Tang, X Zheng, B Li, S Chen, B Zhang, S Hu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The response of microorganisms to heavy metal-dissolved organic matter (Me-DOM)
complexation is critical for the microbial-mediated coupled biogeochemical cycling of metals …

Impact of organic fertilization by the digestate from by-product on growth, yield and fruit quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) and soil properties under …

F Li, Y Yuan, N Shimizu, J Magaña, P Gong… - Chemical and Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Background The application of organic fertilizer is a sustainable approach to maintain soil
fertility in agricultural crop production. In contrast to other organic fertilizers, the digestate …