Humic and fulvic acids as biostimulants in horticulture

LP Canellas, FL Olivares, NO Aguiar, DL Jones… - Scientia horticulturae, 2015 - Elsevier
Maintaining food production for a growing world population without compromising natural
resources for future generations represents one of the greatest challenges for agricultural …

Sustainable management of diseases and pests in crops by vermicompost and vermicompost tea. A review

AM Yatoo, MN Ali, ZA Baba, B Hassan - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2021 - Springer
The intensive use of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides in the agricultural field has globally
destroyed soil fertility, killed beneficial microorganisms, and also decreased natural …

[PDF][PDF] The use of vermicompost in sustainable agriculture: impact on plant growth and soil fertility

C Lazcano, J Domínguez - Soil nutrients, 2011 - jdguez.webs.uvigo.es
Vermicomposting is a low-technology, environmentally-friendly process used to treat organic
waste. The resulting vermicompost has been shown to have several positive impacts on …

Earthworms and vermicompost: an eco-friendly approach for repaying nature's debt

A Singh, N Karmegam, GS Singh, T Bhadauria… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
The steady increase in the world's population has intensified the need for crop productivity,
but the majority of the agricultural practices are associated with adverse effects on the …

A review on vermicomposting of organic wastes

U Ali, N Sajid, A Khalid, L Riaz… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Generation of the huge amount of solid waste around the globe is a major ecological and
technical problem. Vermicomposting may be the viable option to handle solid waste in an …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of proline, chlorophyll, soluble sugar content and uptake of nutrients in the German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) under drought stress and …

A Salehi, H Tasdighi, M Gholamhoseini - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the effect of drought stress and organic fertilizer on German
chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) nutrient uptake, leaf chlorophyll content and osmotic …

Humic substances and plant defense metabolism

RLL Berbara, AC García - … mechanisms and adaptation strategies in plants …, 2013 - Springer
Humic substances (HS) affect most plant metabolic processes. Regardless of their source,
HS help regulate enzymatic systems related to primary, secondary, and defense …

Effects of earthworms on physicochemical properties and microbial profiles during vermicomposting of fresh fruit and vegetable wastes

K Huang, F Li, Y Wei, X Fu, X Chen - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the effect of earthworms on physicochemical and microbial
properties during vermicomposting of fresh fruit and vegetable wastes (FVW) by contrasting …

Humic substances from vermicompost enhance urban lettuce production

OL Hernandez, A Calderín, R Huelva… - Agronomy for …, 2015 - Springer
Urban agriculture is growing worldwide with the growth of cities. Urban agriculture
represents about 20% of Cuban agriculture. In Cuba, urban agriculture is institutionalized …

Industrial wastes and sludges management by vermicomposting

A Yadav, VK Garg - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2011 - Springer
Vermicomposting has been arising as an innovative ecotechnology for the conversion of
various types of wastes into vermicompost. Vermicompost is humus like, finely granulated …