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Can compost improve sustainability of plant production in growing media?

Article number

1168_17

Pages

119 – 134

Language

English

Abstract

Publication

International Symposium on Growing Media, Composting and Substrate Analysis – SusGro2015

Authors

M. Raviv

Keywords

growing media, life cycle analysis, recycling, soilless culture, soil-borne disease, substrate, suppressiveness, waste

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1168.17

Online Articles (53)

1. Organic fertilisers and nitrogen availability

C. Blok | M. Streminska | T. Vermeulen | P. Klein

2. Ammonium conversion in liquid organic fertilisers

C. Blok | M. Streminska | T. Vermeulen

3. High-throughput sequencing analysis provides a comprehensive insight into the complex bacterial relationships in horticultural growing substrates

O. Grunert | E. Hernandez-Sanabria | M. Perneel | M.-C. Van Labeke | D. Reheul | N. Boon

4. Plant biomass from heathland management: a possible peat substitute?

P. Wissner | H. Bohne | S. Heumann | M. Emmel

5. Evaluation of physicochemical characteristics of invasive Acacia waste cocomposted with pine bark for horticultural use

L.M. Brito | I. Mourão | R. Rodrigues | M. Reis

6. Lettuce and cabbage growth and nutrient uptake response to invasive Acacia waste composts

L.M. Brito | I. Mourão | R. Rodrigues | J. Coutinho

7. Early growth of caroá (Neoglaziovia variegata) inoculated with plant growth promoting bacteria in different substrates

J.M. Jasmim | N.E. Manhães | F.L. Olivares | B.B. de Castro

8. Loofah and coconut fiber substrates interaction with growth promoting bacteria on Cattleya harrisoniana and Cattleya granulosa

J.M. Jasmim | N.E. Manhães | F.L. Olivares | B.B. de Castro | A.P.R.C. Erthal

9. Wetting agent effects on plant growth

M. Reza Nemati | Ka Yeon Jeong

10. Evaluation of compost and anaerobic digestion residues as a component of growing media for ornamental shrub production

G. Ponchia | M. Passoni | S. Bonato | C. Nicoletto | P. Sambo | G. Zanin

11. Evaluation of almond shells as cover material and minor component of substrates for young plants

C. Cattivello | L. Crippa | P. Zaccheo

12. Growing media constituents used in the EU in 2013

G. Schmilewski

13. Informed decision making: a tool to aid the decision making process of sourcing responsible growing media throughout the UK supply chain

P.D. Alexander | J.H.C. Stuart | N.C. Bragg

14. RHP Potting Reference; a basic tool for application of growing media in pot and container cultures

J.B.G.M. Verhagen

15. Water content in culture related to physical characteristics of growing media

J.B.G.M. Verhagen

16. Analysis of water uptake of growing media on the relation to water uptake in horticultural practice

W.H.C. Geuijen | J.B.G.M. Verhagen

17. Can compost improve sustainability of plant production in growing media?

M. Raviv

18. Ammonium-nitrate ratio and cation/anion uptake affect the acidity or basicity of floriculture species

R. Dickson | P.R. Fisher

19. Balancing green energy and materials recycling: woody biomass for combustion and green waste composting combined with compost for growing media?

B. Vandecasteele | C. Boogaerts | E. Vandaele

20. Selecting raw materials for sustainable growing media: a protocol to assess the risk for N immobilization

B. Vandecasteele | J. Viaene | J. Debode | H. Muylle | M. Perneel

21. The response of pelargonium to different growing media and liquid fertilizers – an experimental comparison

G. Barrett | P.D. Alexander | I. Nevison | S. Robinson | N.C. Bragg

22. Sustainable growing media based on green waste compost and other organic recycled materials: use of elemental sulphur to control pH

V. Dias | E. Mechant | B. Hoekstra | M. Perneel | B. Vandecasteele

23. Effects of compost tea source and application method on lettuce (Lactuca sativa) yield and nutrient content, grown in a vermicompost amended medium

G.D. Eudoxie | F. Khan | M. Martin

24. Effects of two nitrogen enriched biochars on barley grown on peat: preliminary observations

F. Bedussi | P. Zaccheo | L. Crippa

25. Changes in volume (quantity) by mixing components: trials on a small-scale and on a full-scale (factory)

P. Zaccheo | C. Cattivello | D. Orfeo | L. Crippa

26. Classification of organic substrates’ wettability from contact angle measurements and hydration efficiency tests

J.-C. Michel | B.E. Jackson | W.C. Fonteno

27. Effects of different irrigation strategies on the evolution of peat hydraulic properties during cultivation

J.-C. Michel | E. Kerloch

28. Commercial and organic wastes-based growing media for Physalis seedlings growth

P.M. Peche | L.P. Botelho | D.L. Carmo | R.V. Balbi | F.B.M. Souza | C.A. Silva | R. Pio

29. Effects of different fertigation-growing medium systems on plant morphometric response during soilless strawberry growth

P. Zucchi | P. Martinatti | D. Bertoldi | A. Ceschini | T. Pantezzi

30. Effect of growing medium and fertigation management on soilless strawberry quantitative and qualitative traits

P. Zucchi | P. Martinatti | T. Pantezzi

31. Compost-based substrate for Gazania rigens (L.) cultivation

F. Giuffrida | M. Agnello | D. Gangi

32. Effects of aeration rates on composting of ornamental pruning wastes

F. Giuffrida | D. Gangi | C. Cassaniti | A. Malvuccio | C. Leonardi

33. Vermiculite and calcined clay components decrease iron/manganese toxicity symptoms in seed geranium at low pH in a peat-based substrate

P.R. Fisher | B.R. Smith

34. Composting of ornamental pruning wastes using different methods during the maturation phase

F. Giuffrida | D. Gangi | C. Cassaniti | C. Leonardi

35. Pine wood chip aggregates for greenhouse substrates: effect of age on plant growth

W.G. Owen | B.E. Jackson | W.C. Fonteno

36. Root inoculation with beneficial micro-organisms as a means to control Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in two Greek landraces of tomato grown on perlite

G. Patakioutas | D. Dimou | P. Yfanti | G. Karras | G. Ntatsi | D. Savvas

37. Quality control of growing media for retail markets

D. Ní Chualáin | C. Hynes | S. Lombard | N. McDaniel | B. Carlile | R. O'Haire | O. Doyle

38. Organic production of potted parsley and coriander in coconut coir amended with compost

S. Beozzi | F. Cabral | E. Vasconcelos | H.M. Ribeiro

39. Valorization of sieved crushed bricks as a component of compost-based substrates

G. Sousa | F.G. Monteiro | E. Vasconcelos | H.M. Ribeiro

40. Rhizometer root tracing techniques and digital image analysis for assessing and quantifying seedling root growth in substrates

B.E. Jackson | L.A. Judd | W.C. Fonteno

41. Utilizing the HYDRUS model as a tool for understanding soilless substrate water dynamics

J.S. Fields | J.S. Owen | R.D. Stewart | J.L. Heitman

42. Colonization of growing media by saprophytic fungi – importance of carbon and nitrogen fractions

E. Meinken | D. Lohr | C. Wöck

43. Analysing carbon fractions of growing media by near- infrared spectroscopy

D. Lohr | C. Wöck | S. von Tucher | E. Meinken

44. Pyrolytic combustion analysis of carbon – a new approach for characterizing growing media

D. Lohr | C. Wöck | E. Meinken

45. Sustainable growing media based on green waste compost and other organic recycled materials: indicators for potential biodegradation and N immobilization

B. Vandecasteele | V. Dias | E. Mechant | B. Hoekstra | M. Perneel

46. Effect of elemental sulfur and nitrogen form on substrate pH and growth of Calibrachoa in growing media containing compost high in carbonate

S. Amberger-Ochsenbauer | M. Jauch | H.-J. Schmitz | E. Meinken

47. An overview of new and revised methodologies and technologies in substrate analysis and characterization

B.E. Jackson | W.C. Fonteno

48. Hydrochars as peat substitute in growing media for organically grown potted herbs

D. Neumaier | D. Lohr | R. Voßeler | S. Girmann | S. Kolbinger | E. Meinken

49. The effect of moisture content on fraction recovery and the development of a rapid field test for moisture determination of sod peat (sod moss and bin sods)

M. Prasad | D. Ní Chualáin | C. Hynes

50. Development of an integrated method for assessing compost maturity

E. Erhart | I. Diethart | M. Bonell | K. Fuchs | D. Haas | W. Hartl

51. Substitution of peat with vermicompost from food waste digestate and green waste compost

A.A. Tesfamichael | K. Stoknes

52. Biological characteristics of composts and biochar as determined by plant response analysis

N. Schlatter | A. Baumgarten | E. Pfundtner | G. Soja

53. Overcoming physical limitations in alternative growing media with and without peat

J. Caron | J.-C. Michel