Purpose Diferent agricultural substrates were evaluated for growth and productivity of cucumber under pot culture for kitchen gardening. Methods Several agricultural substrates such as leaf compost, compost, perlite, and ...

Purpose The study evaluated dried manures and manure ashes as alternative products from animal manures, and determined the dynamics of soil nitrogen availability indices and organic carbon release in some soils amended ...

Purpose Peat-based substrates constitute the preferred media in conventional and organic nursery production. Nevertheless, in recent years, there has been a growing interest in environmental impacts associated with peat ...

Purpose This study aimed to investigate the efect of time interval between sowing and amendment with non-digested and digested poultry manure and their combinations with urea on the germination of three wheat cultivars ...

Purpose Stevia rebaudiana residues composting is studied and optimized using a central composite experimental design Methods The infuence of controllable composting variables [moisture (40–70%), aeration (0.05–0.30 Lair ...

Purpose In soil-based nursery media, topsoil, poultry droppings and sawdust conventionally provide anchorage, nutrients and aeration, respectively. Considering poultry droppings’ scarcity and sawdust’s inertness nutrient-wise, ...

Purpose In this study, vermicomposted tannery wastes were applied in the organic cultivation of sweet pepper in a greenhouse. The efects of this organic matter addition on plant development and on the distributions of ...