Use of gorse compost as growing media in organic agriculture
Gorse compost is presented as an interesting peat-substitutive substrate to be used in organic agriculture. It contributes to advance in sustainability of growing media and fulfills the requirements for award of the European Union eco-label. All the compost obtained had acceptable physical propertie...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) |
| Repositorio: | Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/15604 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15604 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Materias::Investigación::31 Ciencias agrarias::3103 Agronomía::310301 Producción de cultivos Materias::Investigación::31 Ciencias agrarias::3103 Agronomía::310305 Técnicas de cultivo |
| Sumario: | Gorse compost is presented as an interesting peat-substitutive substrate to be used in organic agriculture. It contributes to advance in sustainability of growing media and fulfills the requirements for award of the European Union eco-label. All the compost obtained had acceptable physical properties, although their water holding capacity was low; and they exhibited high contents in major nutrients. They are adequate for strawberry organic crop, but they´ll require supplementary fertilization during the growth period. They showed natural suppressiveness against Fusarium circinatum disease in P. radiata seedlings and combined with Trichoderma asperellum Strain T34 reduces pre- and post-emergence incidence of the disease, even in the least suppressive gorse composts. |
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