Efficiency of compost and vermicompost in supporting the growth and chemical constituents of salvia officinalis L. Cultivated in Sand Soil
<strong>Purpose </strong>The effect of using compost and vermicompost or their teas on the growth and biochemical profile of Salvia officinalis cultivated in sand soil were assessed.<br /> <strong>Methods</strong> Plants were subjected to different treatments of compost...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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OICC Press
2020-03-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture |
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| Online Access: | http://ijrowa.khuisf.ac.ir/article_671209_2bdda7c6e6a5f6b6924dbfe08cbb294b.pdf |
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| Summary: | <strong>Purpose </strong>The effect of using compost and vermicompost or their teas on the growth and biochemical profile of Salvia officinalis cultivated in sand soil were assessed.<br /> <strong>Methods</strong> Plants were subjected to different treatments of compost, vermicompost and their teas. The growth of common sage, Salvia officinalis was monitored as shoot fresh and dry weights (g/plant) and their oil, N, P, and K contents.<br /> <strong>Results</strong> Among the four tested treatments of vermicompost, the treatment no. 1 (prepared from rice straw supplemented by Trichoderma harzianum and Phanerochaete chrysosporium + Cattle dung + Rock phosphate + Feldspar “12 % K<sub>2</sub>O”), showed the maximal values of shoot fresh and dry weights, oil, N, P, and K %, being in the first cut 820, 200 g/plant, 1.42, 2.80, 1.40 and 1.98 in respective order. The corresponding values in the second cut were 1152, 277 g/plant, 1.55, 3.56, 1.68 and 2.29%, respectively. Also, the maximal values of all previous parameters were recorded in the vermicompost tea treatment no1, treated as soil and foliar amendments being 730, 196 g/plant, 1.47, 2.4, 1.38 and 2.19% in the first cut and 1150, 270 g/plant, 1.64, 3.5, 1.68 and 2.38% in the second cut, respectively.<br /> <strong>Conclusions </strong>The growth of Salvia officinalis was higher in plants treated by different vermicompost treatments, compared to those treated by compost or the control (without any supplementation). |
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| ISSN: | 2195-3228 2251-7715 |