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Effect of municipal biowaste derived biostimulant on nitrogen fate in the plant-soil system during lettuce cultivation

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Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Abstract:
A main concern of agriculture is to improve plant nutrient efficiency to enhance crop yield and quality, and at the same time to decrease the environmental impact caused by the lixiviation of excess N fertilizer application. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential use of biopolymers (BPs), obtained by alkaline hydrolysis of the solid anaerobic digestate of municipal biowastes, in order to face up these main concerns of agriculture. The experimental trials involved the application of BPs (at 50 and 150 kg/ha) alone or mixed with different amounts (100%, 60% and 0%) of mineral fertilizer (MF). Three different controls were routinely included in the experimental trials (MF 100%, 60% and 0%). The effect of BPs on lettuce was evaluated by monitoring growth parameters (fresh and dry weights of shoot and root, nitrogen use efficiency), and the N-flux in plant-soil system, taking into account the nitrate leached due to over irrigation events. The activities of enzymes involved in the nitrogen uptake (nitrate reductase, glutamate synthase and glutamine synthase), and the nitrogen form accumulated in the plant tissues (total N, protein and NO3-) were evaluated. The results show that the application to the soil of 150 kg/ha BPs allows to increase lettuce growth and nitrogen use efficiency, trough stimulation of N-metabolism and accumulation of proteins, and hence to reduce the use of MF by 40%, thus decreasing the nitrate leaching. These findings suggest that the use of BPs as biostimulant greatly contributes to reduce the consumption of mineral fertilizers, and to mitigate the environmental impact caused by nutrients leaching, according to European common agricultural policy, that encourages R&D of new bioproducts for sustainable eco-friendly agriculture.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Elenco autori:
Fragalà, Ferdinando; Puglisi, Ivana; Padoan, Elio; Montoneri, Enzo; Stevanato, Piergiorgio; Gomez, Josè Maria; Herrero, Natalia; La Bella, Emanuele; Salvagno, Erika; Baglieri, Andrea
Autori di Ateneo:
PADOAN Elio
Link alla scheda completa:
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1945781
Link al Full Text:
https://iris.unito.it/retrieve/handle/2318/1945781/1214351/2023%20-%20Articolo%20Fragal%E0%20ac%20umici%20lattuga.pdf
Pubblicato in:
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Journal
Progetto:
Ecofriendly multipurpose Biobased Products from municipal biowaste (LIFE19ENV_IT_000004)
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