Agricultural waste recycling in horticultural intensive farming systems by on-farm composting and compost-based tea application improves soil quality and plant health …

U De Corato - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The vegetables supply chain of intensive farming systems has gained huge relevance due
to environmental pollution, residual toxicity towards microorganisms and humans …

The role of peat-free organic substrates in the sustainable management of soilless cultivations

G Atzori, C Pane, M Zaccardelli, S Cacini, D Massa - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vegetable and ornamental crops require high input demand to adequately support their
standard commercial quality and yield. For these crops, a very high level of agronomic use …

Streptomyces albidoflavus Strain CARA17 as a Biocontrol Agent against Fungal Soil-Borne Pathogens of Fennel Plants

A Carlucci, ML Raimondo, D Colucci, F Lops - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fennel crop is a horticultural plant susceptible to several soil-borne fungal pathogens
responsible for yield losses. The control of fungal diseases occurring on fennel crops is very …

Synergistically promoting plant health by harnessing synthetic microbial communities and prebiotics

J Du, Y Li, I Mukhtar, Z Yin, H Dong, H Wang, X Zhang… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Soil-borne diseases cause serious economic losses in agriculture. Managing diseases with
microbial preparations is an excellent approach to soil-borne disease prevention. However …

Spent coffee grounds applied as a top-dressing or incorporated into the soil can improve plant growth while reducing slug herbivory

FG Horgan, D Floyd, EA Mundaca, E Crisol-Martínez - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Between 8 and 15 million tons of spent coffee grounds (SCG) are produced as global waste
each year. To reduce waste to landfill, SCG are proposed as a carbon and nutrient source …

Effect of value-added organic co-products from four industrial chains on functioning of plant disease suppressive soil and their potentiality to enhance soil quality: A …

U De Corato - Applied Soil Ecology, 2021 - Elsevier
The virtuous reuse in-situ of agri-based organic wastes to produce compost and bio-organic
fertilizer in the farm for increasing natural suppressiveness of soil to soil-borne plant …

Functional Hyperspectral Imaging by High-Related Vegetation Indices to Track the Wide-Spectrum Trichoderma Biocontrol Activity Against Soil-Borne Diseases of …

G Manganiello, N Nicastro, M Caputo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Research has been increasingly focusing on the selection of novel and effective biological
control agents (BCAs) against soil-borne plant pathogens. The large-scale application of …

Biocontrol effectiveness of Trichoderma asperelloides SKRU-01 and Trichoderma asperellum NST-009 on postharvest anthracnose in chili pepper

S Boukaew, K Chumkaew, W Petlamul, S Srinuanpan… - Food Control, 2024 - Elsevier
This study assessed the effectiveness of Trichoderma asperelloides SKRU-01 and
Trichoderma asperellum NST-009 in controlling postharvest anthracnose in chili fruits …

[HTML][HTML] Trichoderma: A Biofertilizer and a Bio-Fungicide for Sustainable Crop Production

BP Kubheka, LW Ziena - Trichoderma-Technology and Uses, 2022 - intechopen.com
Trichoderma has been studied widely. It has been found to play a major role in agricultural
production. Around the world scientists and farmers have taken advantage of this …

Sustainable Reuse of Expresso Coffee By-products as a Natural Fertilizer to Improve Growth and Photosynthesis in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Plants

E Vitale, CM Motta, B Avallone, A Amoresano… - Waste and Biomass …, 2024 - Springer
Spent coffee grounds (SCGs), deriving from the high global coffee consumption, can have
an appreciable environmental impact. One of the eco-friendly reuses of SCGs is their …