The effects of applications of food waste and paper waste vermicomposts on some soil chemical and biological properties were evaluated in field plots planted with strawberries. Six-week old strawberries (Fragaria ananasa, var. Chandler) were transplanted into 4.5 m(2) raised beds under a plastic tunnel structure measuring 9.14 x 14.6 x 3.6 m. Vermicompost were applied at rates of 5 or 10 t ha(-...

Transformation of industrial sludges into vermicompost is of double interest: on the one hand, a waste is converted into value added product, and, on the other, it controls a pollutant that is a consequence of increasing industrialization. This paper reports the feasibility of utilization of vermicomposting technology for nutrient recovery from industrial sludge in laboratory scale experiment e...

Abstract Purpose The impact of vermicompost on tree-soil systems is not yet fully understood. This study aimed to comparatively investigate the effects chemical fertilizer, compost and soil enzymatic activities, seedling mycorrhizal colonization, growth nutrition one exotic tree species (radiata pine, Pinus radiata D. Don) two native (mānuka, Leptospermum scoparium tōtara, Podocarpus totara ). ...

The use of vermicompost in agriculture has become increasingly common, especially organic agriculture. In this research, the suppression efficiency horse and cattle extracts against some aerial fungal plant pathogens (Monilinia laxa, Cytospora leucostoma, Botryosphaeria obtusa, Phomopsis viticola, Alternaria mali, Botrytis cinerea) that damage fruit trees are common production areas, was studie...