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Compost and vermicompost as nursery pot components: effects on tomato plant growth and morphology ; Compost y vermicompost como componentes de sustratos artificiales de cultivo en viveros: efectos en el crecimiento y morfología del tomate
| العنوان: | Compost and vermicompost as nursery pot components: effects on tomato plant growth and morphology ; Compost y vermicompost como componentes de sustratos artificiales de cultivo en viveros: efectos en el crecimiento y morfología del tomate |
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| المؤلفون: | Lazcano, C., Arnold, J., Tato, A., Zaller, J.G., Domínguez, J. |
| المصدر: | Portal REDIB Red Iberoamericanos ; Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research; Vol 7, No 4 (2009) ; 2171-9292 |
| بيانات النشر: | Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | envir, info |
| الوصف: | Post transplant success after nursery stage is strongly influenced by plant morphology. Cultural practices strongly shape plant morphology, and substrate choice is one of the most determining factors. Peat is the most often used amendment in commercial potting substrates, involving the exploitation of non-renewable resources and the degradation of highly valuable peatland ecosystems and therefore alternative substrates are required. Here the feasibility of replacing peat by compost or vermicompost for the production of tomato plants in nurseries was investigated through the study of the effect of increasing proportions of these substrates (0%, 10%, 20%, 50%, 75% and 100%) in target plant growth and morphological features, indicators of adequate post-transplant growth and yield. Compost and vermicompost showed to be adequate substrates for tomato plant growth. Total replacement of peat by vermicompost was possible while doses of compost higher than 50% caused plant mortality. Low doses of compost (10 and 20%) and high doses of vermicompost produced significant increases in aerial and root biomass of the tomato plants. In addition these treatments improved significantly plant morphology (higher number of leaves and leaf area, and increased root volume and branching). The use of compost and vermicompost constitute an attractive alternative to the use of peat in plant nurseries due to the environmental benefits involved but also due to the observed improvement in plant quality. ; Tanto las prácticas de cultivo en los viveros como la elección del tipo de sustrato tienen una gran influencia sobre la morfología de las plántulas y por lo tanto en su adaptación post transplante. Aunque la turba es uno de los sustratos más utilizados en viveros, su uso conlleva la explotación de un recurso no renovable y la degradación de las turberas, por lo que se hace necesaria la búsqueda de sustratos alternativos que puedan reemplazarla total o parcialmente. En este trabajo se investigó la posibilidad de reemplazar la turba por ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | 10670/1.tbljbt; https://redib.org/Record/oai_articulo722709-compost-vermicompost-nursery-pot-components-effects-tomato-plant-growth-morphology |
| DOI: | 10.5424/sjar/2009074-1107 |
| الاتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2009074-1107 https://redib.org/Record/oai_articulo722709-compost-vermicompost-nursery-pot-components-effects-tomato-plant-growth-morphology |
| Rights: | undefined |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.58CB719B |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.5424/sjar/2009074-1107 |
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