Emerging technology effects on combined agricultural and eco-vermicompost

Syed Turab Raza; Adugna Feyissa; Rong Li; Eldon R Rene; Zulfiqar Ali; Hassan Iqbal; Zulfiqar Ali Sahito; Zhe Chen

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120056

Emerging technology effects on combined agricultural and eco-vermicompost

J Environ Manage. 2024 Feb 14:352:120056. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120056. Epub 2024 Jan 13.

Authors

Syed Turab Raza¹, Adugna Feyissa², Rong Li², Eldon R Rene³, Zulfiqar Ali⁴, Hassan Iqbal⁵, Zulfiqar Ali Sahito⁶, Zhe Chen⁷

Affiliations

¹ Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaptation and Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China; Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China. Electronic address: s.turabkazmi@imde.ac.cn.
² Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaptation and Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
³ Department of Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, P.o. Box 3015, 2601, DA, Delft, the Netherlands.
⁴ Laboratory of Environmental Health & Wildlife, Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China.
⁶ Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
⁷ Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion Prevention and Green Development, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaptation and Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China. Electronic address: zhechen2019@ynu.edu.cn.

PMID: 38219670
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120056

Abstract

This study focused on the waste management of livestock manure and wetland plant residues and their increasing effect on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The benefits of nutrient-rich plants and manures are often overlooked. By conducting a soil column experiment with a fully factorial design, this work found that adding the vermicompost amendments of wetland plants [combination of Canna indica (CiV), Cyperus alternifollius (CaV), Acorus calamus (AcV), and Hydrocotyle vulgaris (HvV) vermicompost] to agricultural wastes affected maize growth throughout its growing season. The results demonstrated that the use of combined AcV and HvV wetland plant-based vermicompost as an organic fertilizer increased the plant total nitrogen (TN: 92% increase) and soil organic matter (SOM: 192% increase) compared with those in control CK. Meanwhile, the combination of CaV with HvV increased the shoot biomass by 3.4 and 4.6 folds compared with that in NPK and CK, respectively. Overall, a new approach for transforming ecological wastes into organic fertilizers was proposed.

Keywords: Nutrients; Recycling; Resource recovery; Sustainable management; Vermicompost; Wetland plant wastes.

MeSH terms

Agriculture* / methods
Ecosystem*
Fertilizers
Manure
Nitrogen
Plants
Soil / chemistry
Technology

Substances

Soil
Fertilizers
Manure
Nitrogen