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| Miito, Gilbert John; Komakech, Allan John; Zziwa, Ahamada; Kiggundu, Nicholas; Kambugu, Robert. |
| Declining soil fertility is a challenge to sustainable agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa with a case of Uganda. However, the large volumes of agricultural waste generated from pineapples can be converted into soil conditioners through vermicomposting. by the use of earthworms. Several types of agricultural waste have been studied extensively as vermicompost feedstock, but little work exists on pineapple waste. The objective of this study was to investigate the suitability of pineapple waste for vermicomposting. To achieve this, an assessment of the physicochemical properties of fresh, pre-composted pineapple waste, and the resultant vermicompost, and determination of the optimal feeding rate and stocking density were performed. The study... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pineapple waste; Vermicompost; Soil conditioner; Stocking density; Feeding rate. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/6739 |
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| Backes,Clarice; Santos,Alessandro José Marques; Rodrigues,Lucas Matheus; Teodoro,Arthur Gabriel; Ribon,Adriana Aparecida; Villas Bôas,Roberto Lyra; Pereira,Lorena Marques; Franco,Yago Magalhães. |
| ABSTRACT This study was conducted to evaluate the chemical effects of gypsum on the soil and on the recovery of a pasture established with palisade grass (Urochloa brizantha) in a Cerrado biome region. A randomized block experimental design with six treatments and four replications was adopted. Treatments consisted of five levels of gypsum (0, 450, 900, 1800, and 3600 kg ha−1) plus an unmanaged control treatment (without gypsum or additional chemical fertilizers). The gypsum treatments received addition of fertilizer (200 and 40 kg ha−1 of N and P respectively). The soil treatment started in October 2012. The application of gypsum provided an increase in plant height, number of tillers, and dry matter of the shoots of palisade grass. Gypsum combined with... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Degraded pasture; Palisade grass; Soil conditioner; Urochloa brizantha. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982017000400286 |
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