Effects of Compost Fertilizer on the Vegetative and Productive Performance of the Tree Plants
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 January 2022) | Viewed by 5678
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Interests: in vitro culture; micropropagation; tree crops; agricultural byproduct valorization; sustainable agriculture; C sequestration; salt stress
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Interests: soil fertility; agriculture environment; plant physiology; sustainable agriculture; biofortification; abiotic stresses; carbon sequestration; fruit quality
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Interests: organic waste treatment; biopolymers; emerging contaminants; anaerobic digestion; composting; sewage sludge; bioplastics degradation
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Dear Colleagues,
nowadays the interest in composting is increasing because it allows reducing the cost of disposal of organic by-products and residues transforming them into amendments or in plant nursery substrates. Composting allows to subtract organic by-products from the disposal cycle and put them back into the production cycle, enhancing their quality and closing the organic carbon cycle. The return of organic matter to the soil is of great environmental and ecological interest since it positively contributes to the mitigation of environmental issues, such as the severe degradation processes affecting some regions of the world also caused by climate change. A growing body of literature reports mostly agronomical and environmental benefits related to compost use in a wide range of agroecosystems. However, methods to improve the composting process and compost quality using different by-products, the effects on the soil and plants of the compost amendment, and the mechanisms of action are yet not totally clear, especially in tree plants. The aim of this Special Issue is to advance knowledge on the influence of compost use on the whole tree plants system: by-products and their composting, amendment effects on physiology, productive and vegetative activities, biomass organ partitioning, nutritional status, biostimulant activity, suppressiveness effects, and fruit quality.
Dr. Luca Regni
Dr. Primo Proietti
Dr. Mirko Cucina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic waste
- compost
- sustainability
- tree plants
- tree physiology
- nutritional status
- fruits quality
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