?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F19012%2F&rft.title=compost-based+nursery+substrates%3A+effect+of+peat+substitution+on+organic+melon+seedlings&rft.creator=Tittarelli%2C+Fabio&rft.creator=Rea%2C+E.&rft.creator=Verrastro%2C+V.&rft.creator=Pascual%2C+J.A.&rft.creator=Canali%2C+S.&rft.creator=Ceglie%2C+F.G.&rft.creator=Trinchera%2C+A.&rft.creator=Rivera%2C+C.M.&rft.subject=+Composting+and+manuring&rft.subject=+Recycling%2C+balancing+and+resource+management&rft.subject=+Greenhouses+and+coverings&rft.description=A+bovine+manure+compost+(BMC)+and+a+green+compost+(GC)+were+evaluated+as+components+of+substrates+in+partial+substitution+of+peat+for+organic+melon+seedlings+production.+Treatments%2C+differentiated+on+the+basis+of+the+volume+percentage+of+the+two+analysed+composts%2C+were+compared+to+the+control+(a+mixture+of+peat%2C+coconut+fibre+and+perlite).+In+order+to+respect+the+guidelines+of+organic+production%2C+all+the+treatments+were+fertilised%2C+at+the+beginning+of+the+trial%2C+with+guano.+Compost-based+substrates+were+analysed+for+physical%2C+physicochemical+and+chemical+parameters+(bulk+density%2C+porosity%2C+pH%2C+EC%2C+nutrients+content+etc.).+Even+though+significant+differences+were+observed%2C+recorded+values+were+in+the+range+of+acceptability+for+growing+media.+In+terms+of+performance%2C+seedling+growth+in+treatments+containing+30%25+and+50%25+of+composts+was+significantly+higher+than+in+control.&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=+++Tittarelli%2C+Fabio%3B+Rea%2C+E.%3B+Verrastro%2C+V.%3B+Pascual%2C+J.A.%3B+Canali%2C+S.%3B+Ceglie%2C+F.G.%3B+Trinchera%2C+A.+and+Rivera%2C+C.M.+++(2009)+compost-based+nursery+substrates%3A+effect+of+peat+substitution+on+organic+melon+seedlings.+++Compost+Science+%26+Utilization%2C+17+(4)%2C+pp.+220-228.++++++++