this study investigated maturation and stability levels during composting of quercus robur (qr) woodchips mixed with different nitrogen sources (horse manure, hm and lake mud, lm) for potential agronomic utilisation. the woodchips were mixed with hm and lm, respectively, at mixing ratios of 1qr:2hm or 1qr:2lm. the experiment was conducted in a greenhouse over 100 days. during composting, organ...

chamomile (matricaria chamomilla l.) is one of the most important medicinal plants in iran. the main objective of this study was to determine the effects of organic nutrients on the yield and oil content of chamomile. the experiment was conducted in the spring of 2010. the treatment groups consisted of vermicompost (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 tons/ha) and the aminol forte sprays (no spraying or contro...

The application to agriculture of wheat-straw spent mushroom substrate amendments (compost/vermicompost) used grow Pleurotus ostreatus has been analyzed. study was conducted in a vineyard where the effect on (1) physicochemical properties soil and leaf (2) analytical characteristics aromatic composition wine were resulted an increase organic matter macronutrients (NO3−, P2O5 K2O) soil. With reg...

The current study is focuses on a sustainable agricultural ecosystem for soil fertility and human health improvement. To estimate the effects of applying organic amendments (compost, vermicompost, biochar, manure rapeseed cake) crop growth maize nutrient uptake in calcareous soil, eleven treatments were studied, which included compost (CM), cow vermicompost (CMV), pig (PMV), biochar (BCV), (BC)...

araucaria excelsa l. of araucariaceae family is a beautiful conifer which has a high economic importance in the flower industry. a factorial experiment based on randomized completely block design with two factors: 1. irrigation intervals in 2, 4 and 6 days (i1, i2 and i3) and 2. the growth bed in pots 3 l included m1 (100 % v/v cocopeat), m2 (100%  municipal waste compost), m3 (100 % vermicompo...

in order to investigate the effects of vermicompost and chemical fertilizers on growth characteristics, yield and yield components of marshmallow (altheaeofficinalis l.), a field experiment was conducted as factorial layout based on a randomized complete block design with three replications at faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, during growing season of 2012. experimen...

the effect of different ratio of vermicompost (0, 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 %) in two type of substrate (coco peat and coco peat-perlite (50:50 v:v)) on growth characteristics of gooseberry (physalis peruviana l.) seedling was investigated in research greenhouse of university of tehran, in 2013. a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with four replications was carried out. crite...