Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resilience

Soil degradation and water scarcity affect crop productivity and ecosystem resilience. Biotechnological strategies based on organic waste valorisation offer promising tools for restoring soil fertility and increasing stress tolerance. This study evaluated the effectiveness of four composts produced...

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Autores: de Carolis, Chiara, Barra-Caracciolo, Anna, Álvarez-Alonso, Cristina, Bustamante, María Ángeles, Grenni, Paola, Rolando, Ludovica, Narciso, Alessandra, Nogués, Isabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositorio:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11000/39493
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Palabra clave:compost
soil restoration
drought tolerance
microbial activity
ARGs
circular economy
mediterranean soil
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spelling Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resiliencede Carolis, ChiaraBarra-Caracciolo, AnnaÁlvarez-Alonso, CristinaBustamante, María ÁngelesGrenni, PaolaRolando, LudovicaNarciso, AlessandraNogués, Isabelcompostsoil restorationdrought tolerancemicrobial activityARGscircular economymediterranean soilCDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::63 - Agricultura. Silvicultura. Zootecnia. Caza. Pesca::631 - Agricultura. Agronomía. Maquinaria agrícola. Suelos. Edafología agrícolaSoil degradation and water scarcity affect crop productivity and ecosystem resilience. Biotechnological strategies based on organic waste valorisation offer promising tools for restoring soil fertility and increasing stress tolerance. This study evaluated the effectiveness of four composts produced under different decentralized composting schemes: community (CA), decentralized urban (SO), small-scale agrocomposting from poultry manure (UP), and medium-scale agrocomposting from olive pomace and pig manure (TO), in improving a degraded soil and enhancing rosemary tolerance to drought. Soil microcosms were set up with a degraded soil and amended with different composts. Half of the microcosms were subjected to well-watered conditions and half to water-stress (75% and 20% of the soil water holding capacity, respectively). Composts promptly increased microbial abundance and dehydrogenase activity. With the TO compost plant grew better than other conditions, presumably due to its phosphorus and labile compound enrichment. Under drought stress, CA and SO composts mitigated biomass losses, demonstrating a protective role against drought-induced stress. Soil amended with pig and poultry-derived composts (TO and UP) introduced antibiotic resistance genes and, in the case of UP, the soil water extracts had significant ecotoxicological effects on both Daphnia magna and Lepidium sativum. In contrast, the CA compost - from organic fraction of municipal solid waste, yard trimmings and donkey manure - displayed the best overall performance, enhancing plant tolerance and soil microbial functionality without ecotoxicological effects. These findings highlight the biotechnological potential of community-scale composting as a circular and effective approach for degraded soil recovery and crop management under water-limited conditions.ElsevierDepartamentos de la UMH::Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente202620262025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf9application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11000/39493reponame:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMHinstname:Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2026.02.007info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:dspace.umh.es:11000/394932026-05-27T13:36:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resilience
title Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resilience
spellingShingle Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resilience
de Carolis, Chiara
compost
soil restoration
drought tolerance
microbial activity
ARGs
circular economy
mediterranean soil
CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::63 - Agricultura. Silvicultura. Zootecnia. Caza. Pesca::631 - Agricultura. Agronomía. Maquinaria agrícola. Suelos. Edafología agrícola
title_short Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resilience
title_full Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resilience
title_fullStr Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resilience
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resilience
title_sort Effectiveness of composts from decentralised composting scenarios to promote degraded soil restoration and R. officinalis drought resilience
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv de Carolis, Chiara
Barra-Caracciolo, Anna
Álvarez-Alonso, Cristina
Bustamante, María Ángeles
Grenni, Paola
Rolando, Ludovica
Narciso, Alessandra
Nogués, Isabel
author de Carolis, Chiara
author_facet de Carolis, Chiara
Barra-Caracciolo, Anna
Álvarez-Alonso, Cristina
Bustamante, María Ángeles
Grenni, Paola
Rolando, Ludovica
Narciso, Alessandra
Nogués, Isabel
author_role author
author2 Barra-Caracciolo, Anna
Álvarez-Alonso, Cristina
Bustamante, María Ángeles
Grenni, Paola
Rolando, Ludovica
Narciso, Alessandra
Nogués, Isabel
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamentos de la UMH::Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv compost
soil restoration
drought tolerance
microbial activity
ARGs
circular economy
mediterranean soil
CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::63 - Agricultura. Silvicultura. Zootecnia. Caza. Pesca::631 - Agricultura. Agronomía. Maquinaria agrícola. Suelos. Edafología agrícola
topic compost
soil restoration
drought tolerance
microbial activity
ARGs
circular economy
mediterranean soil
CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::63 - Agricultura. Silvicultura. Zootecnia. Caza. Pesca::631 - Agricultura. Agronomía. Maquinaria agrícola. Suelos. Edafología agrícola
description Soil degradation and water scarcity affect crop productivity and ecosystem resilience. Biotechnological strategies based on organic waste valorisation offer promising tools for restoring soil fertility and increasing stress tolerance. This study evaluated the effectiveness of four composts produced under different decentralized composting schemes: community (CA), decentralized urban (SO), small-scale agrocomposting from poultry manure (UP), and medium-scale agrocomposting from olive pomace and pig manure (TO), in improving a degraded soil and enhancing rosemary tolerance to drought. Soil microcosms were set up with a degraded soil and amended with different composts. Half of the microcosms were subjected to well-watered conditions and half to water-stress (75% and 20% of the soil water holding capacity, respectively). Composts promptly increased microbial abundance and dehydrogenase activity. With the TO compost plant grew better than other conditions, presumably due to its phosphorus and labile compound enrichment. Under drought stress, CA and SO composts mitigated biomass losses, demonstrating a protective role against drought-induced stress. Soil amended with pig and poultry-derived composts (TO and UP) introduced antibiotic resistance genes and, in the case of UP, the soil water extracts had significant ecotoxicological effects on both Daphnia magna and Lepidium sativum. In contrast, the CA compost - from organic fraction of municipal solid waste, yard trimmings and donkey manure - displayed the best overall performance, enhancing plant tolerance and soil microbial functionality without ecotoxicological effects. These findings highlight the biotechnological potential of community-scale composting as a circular and effective approach for degraded soil recovery and crop management under water-limited conditions.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2026.02.007
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