scholarly journals Compost Based on Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge, Fruit-Vegetable Waste, Mushroom Spent Substrate and Rye Straw Improves Yield and Nutritional Value of Tomato

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Zawadzińska ◽  
Piotr Salachna ◽  
Jacek S. Nowak ◽  
Waldemar Kowalczyk ◽  
Rafał Piechocki ◽  
...  

Plant biomass in the form of waste materials and by-products from various industries can be a valuable material for the production of composts and growing media for urban gardening. In this study, pulp and paper mill sludge, fruit-vegetable waste, mushroom spent substrate and rye straw were used to produce compost that was further used as a medium component in container cultivation of tomato. The plants were grown in containers with a capacity of 3 dm3 filled with three types of compost-based growing media supplemented with high peat, fen peat, pine bark and wood fiber. The tomato plants grown in 100% peat substrate served as controls. The plants grown in the compost-enriched media had a higher leaf greening index and percentage of ripe fruit, and exhibited an increased content of total polyphenols and flavonoids, potassium, calcium, magnesium and copper in fruit as compared with the control. The tomatoes grown in a medium consisting of 25% compost, 30% high peat, 15% low peat, 20% pine bark and 10% wood fiber reached the highest fresh fruit weight, total polyphenol content and L-ascorbic acid levels. This study demonstrated that the compost produced from natural materials from various sources was a valuable potting medium supplement with positive effects on tomato yield and nutritional value.

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Souza Da Rosa ◽  
Rosilani Trianoski ◽  
Franck Michaud ◽  
Christophe Belloncle ◽  
Setsuo Iwakiri

2019 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 282-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Grimm ◽  
Jarkko Etula ◽  
Roushdey Salh ◽  
Gunnar Kalén ◽  
Markus Segerström ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 907-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory R. Hinds ◽  
Wendy Mussoline ◽  
Lensey Casimir ◽  
George Dick ◽  
Daniel H. Yeh ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1051-1060
Author(s):  
Thi Tuong Chau Ngo ◽  
Van Thien Le ◽  
Ngoc Lan Pham Thi ◽  
Hiroyuki Futamata

2020 ◽  
Vol 702 ◽  
pp. 134376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Hui Zhang ◽  
Jian Wu ◽  
Liangyu Weng ◽  
Hongjie Zhang ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Jackson ◽  
M. A. Line ◽  
S. Wilson ◽  
S. J. Hetherington

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