2 results match your criteria: "Research Centre of soil-plant system[Affiliation]"
Phosphorus availability from rock phosphate: Combined effect of green waste composting and sulfur addition.
J Environ Manage
November 2016
Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Research Centre of soil-plant system (CRA-RPS), Rome, Italy.
Rock phosphate constitutes a natural phosphorus (P) source for organic farming systems, but with a limiting direct agricultural use due to its poor inherent reactivity. Thus, this work studies the effect of the co-composting of rock phosphate with green wastes and elemental sulfur on phosphorus availability. Six composts were prepared combining different green wastes and rock phosphate in three different proportions (0%, 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Challenge of Peat Substitution in Organic Seedling Production: Optimization of Growing Media Formulation through Mixture Design and Response Surface Analysis.
PLoS One
April 2016
Research Centre of soil-plant system, Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Rome, Italy.
Article Synopsis
- Peat replacement is increasingly needed in farming due to environmental issues linked to peat use.
- This study explores the effectiveness of using a specific mix of green compost and palm fiber trunk waste as alternatives for growing tomato, melon, and lettuce in organic farming.
- Results indicate that a substrate mix of 20% green compost, 39% palm fiber, and 31% peat yields the best plant growth, demonstrating that mixture design and surface response methodology can effectively optimize substrate formulations.