Biochar Improves the Properties of Poultry Manure Compost as Growing Media for Rosemary Production
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Biochar Improves the Properties of Poultry Manure Compost as Growing Media for Rosemary ProductionAuthor (s)
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2020-02-12Publisher
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Fornes, Fernando, Luisa Liu-Xu, Antonio Lidón, María Sánchez-García, María L. Cayuela, Miguel A. Sánchez-Monedero, and Rosa M. Belda 2020. "Biochar Improves the Properties of Poultry Manure Compost as Growing Media for Rosemary Production" Agronomy 10, no. 2: 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10020261Type
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Compost represents a sustainable alternative for peat (P) replacement in soilless plant
cultivation, but its use can be limited by several inadequate physical and physicochemical properties.
Biochar can alleviate ... [+]
Compost represents a sustainable alternative for peat (P) replacement in soilless plant
cultivation, but its use can be limited by several inadequate physical and physicochemical properties.
Biochar can alleviate some of the limitations of compost for its use as growth media by improving
the physical properties, decreasing salinity and making the phytotoxic compounds unavailable for
plants. We studied the physical and physicochemical properties of holm oak biochar (B), poultry
manure compost (PMC), poultry manure composted with biochar (PMBC), a commercial peat (P)
and multiple combinations of these materials as growth media, and their effect on the rooting and
growth of rosemary. PMBC and PMC showed similar physical and physicochemical properties as
growing media, and they both were phytotoxic when used in a rate above 50% (by volume) in the
growing medium. However, when used at proportion of 25%, PMBC was less phytotoxic than PMC
and enhanced the percentage of rosemary cutting rooting. The incorporation of B in the growing
medium instead of P (either at 50% or 75% in volume) increased the stability of the growing media
and the percentage of rooted cuttings, but it did not affect plant growth significantly. Our results
demonstrate the potential of substituting peat by a combination of poultry manure compost and
biochar for the formulation of growth media. [-]
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