?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Potential+of+different+Composts+to+improve+Soil+Fertility+and+Plant+Health&rft.creator=Fuchs%2C+J.G.&rft.creator=Baier%2C+U.&rft.creator=Berner%2C+A.&rft.creator=Mayer%2C+J.&rft.creator=Tamm%2C+L.&rft.creator=Schleiss%2C+K.&rft.subject=Crop+health%2C+quality%2C+protection&rft.subject=+Soil+quality&rft.subject=+Composting+and+manuring&rft.description=Composts+can+influence+soil+fertility+and+plant+health.+These+influences+can+be+positive+or+negative%2C+depending+of+the+quality+of+the+composts.+Some+practitioners+already+make+use+of+the+positive+effects+on+plant+health.+For+example%2C+they+use+composts+to+protect+their+plants+against+soil+borne+diseases+in+substrate%2C+or+to+detoxify+and+reactivate+soil+after+steaming.+In+order+to+estimate+the+potential+of+Swiss+composts+to+influence+soil+fertility+and+plant+health+positively%2C+we+analyzed+one+hundred+composts+representative+of+the+different+composting+systems+and+qualities+available+on+the+market.&rft.publisher=Verlag+ORBIT+e.V.%2C+Weimar&rft.contributor=Kraft%2C+Eckhard&rft.contributor=Bidlingmaier%2C+Werner&rft.contributor=de+Bartoldi%2C+Marco&rft.contributor=Diaz%2C+Luis+F.&rft.contributor=Barth%2C+Josef&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Book+chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10316%2F1%2Ffuchs-etal-2006-orbit_conference.pdf&rft.identifier=Fuchs%2C+J.G.%3B+Baier%2C+U.%3B+Berner%2C+A.%3B+Mayer%2C+J.%3B+Tamm%2C+L.+and+Schleiss%2C+K.+(2006)+Potential+of+different+Composts+to+improve+Soil+Fertility+and+Plant+Health.+In%3A+Kraft%2C+Eckhard%3B+Bidlingmaier%2C+Werner%3B+de+Bartoldi%2C+Marco%3B+Diaz%2C+Luis+F.+and+Barth%2C+Josef+(Eds.)+ORBIT+2006+%3A+Biological+Waste+Management.+From+Local+to+Global%3B+Proceedings+of+the+International+Conference+ORBIT+2006%2C+Verlag+ORBIT+e.V.%2C+Weimar%2C+chapter+Part+2%2C+pp.+507-517.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10316%2F