Sustainable Agriculture Through Compost Tea: Production, Application, and Impact on Horticultural Crops DOI Creative Commons

Emanuela Campana,

Michele Ciriello,

M. Lentini

et al.

Horticulturae, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(4), P. 433 - 433

Published: April 18, 2025

As part of the European Green Deal, Farm to Fork strategy was introduced with idea that environment, agriculture and food are interconnected topics. Reducing use synthetic fertilizers by 20% before 2030 through adoption circular economy principles is one goals be achieved. There several bioproducts can obtained from valorization agro-industrial wastes used increase crop yields under low-fertilizer applications. However, aim this review describe production methods compost tea on horticultural crops understand its real potential in providing plant growth support. The effects vary widely depending waste material used, quality, process parameters, interaction between species application dose. Therefore, because heterogeneity, it possible we would achieve real, positive impacts environment if there were more collaboration research sector private farms. This allow development protocols for customized according farm needs. reduce both costs associated disposal produced supply fertilizers. on-farm guidelines a balanced trade-off agricultural productivity environmental sustainability. literature shows most-used dilution ratios, regardless type starting compost, range 1:5 1:10 compost–water (v/v). Although complete understanding biostimulatory mechanisms activated lacking, bioproduct improve physiological productive performance many interest, especially suboptimal conditions such as organic production.

Language: Английский

Sustainable Agriculture Through Compost Tea: Production, Application, and Impact on Horticultural Crops DOI Creative Commons

Emanuela Campana,

Michele Ciriello,

M. Lentini

et al.

Horticulturae, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(4), P. 433 - 433

Published: April 18, 2025

As part of the European Green Deal, Farm to Fork strategy was introduced with idea that environment, agriculture and food are interconnected topics. Reducing use synthetic fertilizers by 20% before 2030 through adoption circular economy principles is one goals be achieved. There several bioproducts can obtained from valorization agro-industrial wastes used increase crop yields under low-fertilizer applications. However, aim this review describe production methods compost tea on horticultural crops understand its real potential in providing plant growth support. The effects vary widely depending waste material used, quality, process parameters, interaction between species application dose. Therefore, because heterogeneity, it possible we would achieve real, positive impacts environment if there were more collaboration research sector private farms. This allow development protocols for customized according farm needs. reduce both costs associated disposal produced supply fertilizers. on-farm guidelines a balanced trade-off agricultural productivity environmental sustainability. literature shows most-used dilution ratios, regardless type starting compost, range 1:5 1:10 compost–water (v/v). Although complete understanding biostimulatory mechanisms activated lacking, bioproduct improve physiological productive performance many interest, especially suboptimal conditions such as organic production.

Language: Английский

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