Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticulture

Peat moss is the most used soilless substrate in the production of container plants in floriculture. Nevertheless, the drainage of peat bogs due to the peat extraction has increased the necessity of seeking products that could replace the peat that is used in plant production. Therefore, a comparati...

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Autores: Álvarez de la Puente, José María, Pasian, Claudio, Lal, Rattan, López Núñez, Rafael, Díaz Blanco, Manuel Jesús, Fernández Martínez, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/18595
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18595
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bedding plants
Carbon storage
Peat substitution
Pelargonium
Petunia
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spelling Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticultureÁlvarez de la Puente, José MaríaPasian, ClaudioLal, RattanLópez Núñez, RafaelDíaz Blanco, Manuel JesúsFernández Martínez, ManuelBedding plantsCarbon storagePeat substitutionPelargoniumPetuniaPeat moss is the most used soilless substrate in the production of container plants in floriculture. Nevertheless, the drainage of peat bogs due to the peat extraction has increased the necessity of seeking products that could replace the peat that is used in plant production. Therefore, a comparative study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a biochar (B) - vermicompost (V) mixture, as a partial substitute for peat-based substrates, on the morpho-physiological characteristics of ornamental plants. Different blends containing B and V were compared to a baseline peat-based substrate (S) as control in the cultivation of two ornamental bedding plant species that are widely used in urban areas: geranium (Pelargonium peltatum) and petunia (Petunia hybrida). Plant growth and physiological parameters were assessed. Results showed that it is possible to grow container plants of these two species with commercial quality, using a peat-based substrate mixed with biochar and/or vermicompost (up to 30% V and 12% B). Plants in these substrates showed a similar or enhanced physiological response to those grown in the control using commercial peat-based substrate.Elsevier20182018-01-0120182018-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10272/18595reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)InglésengSpanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [CTQ2013-46804-C2-1-R, CGL2016-76498-R] Not available Not availableopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/185952026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticulture
title Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticulture
spellingShingle Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticulture
Álvarez de la Puente, José María
Bedding plants
Carbon storage
Peat substitution
Pelargonium
Petunia
title_short Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticulture
title_full Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticulture
title_fullStr Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticulture
title_full_unstemmed Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticulture
title_sort Morpho-physiological plant quality when biochar and vermicompost are used as growing media replacement in urban horticulture
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Álvarez de la Puente, José María
Pasian, Claudio
Lal, Rattan
López Núñez, Rafael
Díaz Blanco, Manuel Jesús
Fernández Martínez, Manuel
author Álvarez de la Puente, José María
author_facet Álvarez de la Puente, José María
Pasian, Claudio
Lal, Rattan
López Núñez, Rafael
Díaz Blanco, Manuel Jesús
Fernández Martínez, Manuel
author_role author
author2 Pasian, Claudio
Lal, Rattan
López Núñez, Rafael
Díaz Blanco, Manuel Jesús
Fernández Martínez, Manuel
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bedding plants
Carbon storage
Peat substitution
Pelargonium
Petunia
topic Bedding plants
Carbon storage
Peat substitution
Pelargonium
Petunia
description Peat moss is the most used soilless substrate in the production of container plants in floriculture. Nevertheless, the drainage of peat bogs due to the peat extraction has increased the necessity of seeking products that could replace the peat that is used in plant production. Therefore, a comparative study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a biochar (B) - vermicompost (V) mixture, as a partial substitute for peat-based substrates, on the morpho-physiological characteristics of ornamental plants. Different blends containing B and V were compared to a baseline peat-based substrate (S) as control in the cultivation of two ornamental bedding plant species that are widely used in urban areas: geranium (Pelargonium peltatum) and petunia (Petunia hybrida). Plant growth and physiological parameters were assessed. Results showed that it is possible to grow container plants of these two species with commercial quality, using a peat-based substrate mixed with biochar and/or vermicompost (up to 30% V and 12% B). Plants in these substrates showed a similar or enhanced physiological response to those grown in the control using commercial peat-based substrate.
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