[HTML][HTML] Vermicompost: Enhancing plant growth and combating abiotic and biotic stress

S Rehman, F De Castro, A Aprile, M Benedetti… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Extensive application of agrochemicals for crop production and protection has negatively
affected soil health, crop productivity, and the environment. Organic amendments have been …

Organic farming in India: a vision towards a healthy nation

S Das, A Chatterjee, TK Pal - Food Quality and Safety, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Food quality and safety are the two important factors that have gained ever-increasing
attention in general consumers. Conventionally grown foods have immense adverse health …

[HTML][HTML] Vermicompost significantly affects plant growth. A meta-analysis

M Blouin, J Barrere, N Meyer, S Lartigue… - Agronomy for …, 2019 - Springer
Food production and waste management are two increasing issues ensuing from the
growing world population. Recycling organic residues into amendment for food production …

Crop height monitoring with digital imagery from Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)

A Chang, J Jung, MM Maeda, J Landivar - Computers and electronics in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Crop height is a very important attribute to assess overall crop condition, irrigation, and
estimation of terminal yield. In this study, a novel method to monitor crop height of Sorghum …

Earthworms, pesticides and sustainable agriculture: a review

S Datta, J Singh, S Singh, J Singh - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
The aim of this review is to generate awareness and understand the importance of
earthworms in sustainable agriculture and effect of pesticides on their action. The natural …

Strategies for recycling and valorization of grape marc

M Gómez-Brandón, M Lores, H Insam… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Grapes are one of the most cultivated fruit crops worldwide. Either for wine or juice
production, grape processing generates a large amount of residues that must be treated …

Interaction matters: Synergy between vermicompost and PGPR agents improves soil quality, crop quality and crop yield in the field

X Song, M Liu, D Wu, BS Griffiths, J Jiao, H Li, F Hu - Applied Soil Ecology, 2015 - Elsevier
Organic amendments not only promote soil quality and plant performance directly but also
facilitate the establishment of introduced microbial agents. A field experiment with a fully …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of biochar and inorganic or organic fertilizer co-application on soil properties, plant growth and nutrient content in Swiss chard

AR Rivelli, A Libutti - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
From the perspective of sustainable agri-food production, farmers need to make the best use
of natural resources. Biochar can be a solution to adopt a more sustainable way of farming …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and testing of growth status for Chinese cabbage and white radish with UAV-based RGB imagery

DW Kim, HS Yun, SJ Jeong, YS Kwon, SG Kim… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Conventional crop-monitoring methods are time-consuming and labor-intensive,
necessitating new techniques to provide faster measurements and higher sampling …

[HTML][HTML] Earthworms drastically change fungal and bacterial communities during vermicomposting of sewage sludge

J Domínguez, M Aira, KA Crandall, M Pérez-Losada - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Wastewater treatment plants produce hundreds of million tons of sewage sludge every year
all over the world. Vermicomposting is well established worldwide and has been successful …