9725: Dual roles of spent mushroom substrate on soil improvement and enhanced drought tolerance of wheat Triticum aestivum
(2007) Dual roles of spent mushroom substrate on soil improvement and enhanced drought tolerance of wheat Triticum aestivum. Poster presented at 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20-23, 2007.
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Summary
This study examines the effects of the spent substrate of oyster mushroom (SMS) for growing wheat at different drought conditions. The SMS not only served as the sole fertilizer to produce normal growth and grain yield of wheat but also improved the soil quality after harvest to raise the soil organic matter, maintain the soil alkalinity and increase field capacity unlike the synthetic fertilizer amendment. Simultaneously, SMS treatment enhanced drought tolerance of wheat by enabling germination at 8.5% soil water content and completing sexual reproduction to grain production even at 6.3% soil water content.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | drought, spent mushroom substrate, soil remediation, wheat |
| Subject Areas: | Crop husbandry > Production systems > Cereals, pulses and oilseeds Crop husbandry > Composting and manuring |
| Research affiliation: | International Conferences > 2007: 3rd QLIF Congress > 3 Crop production / soil management |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 9725 |
| Contact: | Liang, Song |
| Deposited On: | 14 April 2007 |
| EPrint Type: | Conference poster |
| Published?: | Published |
| Type of presentation: | Poster |
| Peer Review Status: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
| Additional Publishing Information: | The final version of this paper is published in: Niggli, Urs; Leifert, Carlo; Alföldi, Thomas; Lück, Lorna and Willer, Helga, Eds. (2007) Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of the European Integrated Project Quality Low Input Food (QLIF). http://orgprints.org/10417/ Printed copies may be ordered from the FiBL Shop at www.shop.fibl.org. |
| Related Links: | http://orgprints.org/10417/ |
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