Mineralization and nutrient release pattern of vermicast-sawdust mixed media with or without addition of Trichoderma viride.

A combination of vermicast and sawdust mixed medium is commonly used in horticulture, but the added benefit of microbial inoculation and mechanism of nutrient availability are unknown. This study was done to determine nutrient mineralization and nutrient release patterns of different combinations or...

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Autores principales: Suwen Lin, Lokanadha Rao Gunupuru, Raphael Ofoe, Roksana Saleh, Samuel Kwaku Asiedu, Raymond H Thomas, Lord Abbey
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:55c0a06a10744fc38558c7ab4b2a6fba2021-12-02T20:09:36ZMineralization and nutrient release pattern of vermicast-sawdust mixed media with or without addition of Trichoderma viride.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0254188https://doaj.org/article/55c0a06a10744fc38558c7ab4b2a6fba2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254188https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203A combination of vermicast and sawdust mixed medium is commonly used in horticulture, but the added benefit of microbial inoculation and mechanism of nutrient availability are unknown. This study was done to determine nutrient mineralization and nutrient release patterns of different combinations or a mix of vermicast-sawdust growing media amended with or without Trichoderma viride (105 spores/g). The mixed-media treatments were (1) 80% vermicast+20% sawdust; (2) 60% vermicast+40% sawdust; (3) 40% vermicast+60% sawdust; (4) 20% vermicast+80% sawdust; and (5) sawdust alone (control). Total dissolved solids, electric conductivity and salinity increased with each sampling time following submergence in deionized. Nutrients released from media without T. viride were significantly higher than the corresponding media with added T. viride. Overall, the starting total nitrogen of the different media did not change during the incubation period, but nitrate-nitrogen was reduced to a negligible amount by the end of day 30 of incubation. A repeated measures analysis showed a significant effect of Time*T. viride*Treatment on total dissolved solids. Redundancy analysis demonstrated a positive and strong association between media composed of ≥40% vermicast and ≤60% sawdust with or without T. viride and mineral nutrients released, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids and salinity. These findings suggest that fast-growing plants may benefit from 40% to 60% vermicast added to 40% to 60% sawdust without T. viride while slow-growing plants can benefit from the same mixed medium combined with the addition of T. viride. Further investigation is underway to assess microbial dynamics in the mixed media and their influence on plant growth.Suwen LinLokanadha Rao GunupuruRaphael OfoeRoksana SalehSamuel Kwaku AsieduRaymond H ThomasLord AbbeyPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0254188 (2021)
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Suwen Lin
Lokanadha Rao Gunupuru
Raphael Ofoe
Roksana Saleh
Samuel Kwaku Asiedu
Raymond H Thomas
Lord Abbey
Mineralization and nutrient release pattern of vermicast-sawdust mixed media with or without addition of Trichoderma viride.
description A combination of vermicast and sawdust mixed medium is commonly used in horticulture, but the added benefit of microbial inoculation and mechanism of nutrient availability are unknown. This study was done to determine nutrient mineralization and nutrient release patterns of different combinations or a mix of vermicast-sawdust growing media amended with or without Trichoderma viride (105 spores/g). The mixed-media treatments were (1) 80% vermicast+20% sawdust; (2) 60% vermicast+40% sawdust; (3) 40% vermicast+60% sawdust; (4) 20% vermicast+80% sawdust; and (5) sawdust alone (control). Total dissolved solids, electric conductivity and salinity increased with each sampling time following submergence in deionized. Nutrients released from media without T. viride were significantly higher than the corresponding media with added T. viride. Overall, the starting total nitrogen of the different media did not change during the incubation period, but nitrate-nitrogen was reduced to a negligible amount by the end of day 30 of incubation. A repeated measures analysis showed a significant effect of Time*T. viride*Treatment on total dissolved solids. Redundancy analysis demonstrated a positive and strong association between media composed of ≥40% vermicast and ≤60% sawdust with or without T. viride and mineral nutrients released, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids and salinity. These findings suggest that fast-growing plants may benefit from 40% to 60% vermicast added to 40% to 60% sawdust without T. viride while slow-growing plants can benefit from the same mixed medium combined with the addition of T. viride. Further investigation is underway to assess microbial dynamics in the mixed media and their influence on plant growth.
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author Suwen Lin
Lokanadha Rao Gunupuru
Raphael Ofoe
Roksana Saleh
Samuel Kwaku Asiedu
Raymond H Thomas
Lord Abbey
author_facet Suwen Lin
Lokanadha Rao Gunupuru
Raphael Ofoe
Roksana Saleh
Samuel Kwaku Asiedu
Raymond H Thomas
Lord Abbey
author_sort Suwen Lin
title Mineralization and nutrient release pattern of vermicast-sawdust mixed media with or without addition of Trichoderma viride.
title_short Mineralization and nutrient release pattern of vermicast-sawdust mixed media with or without addition of Trichoderma viride.
title_full Mineralization and nutrient release pattern of vermicast-sawdust mixed media with or without addition of Trichoderma viride.
title_fullStr Mineralization and nutrient release pattern of vermicast-sawdust mixed media with or without addition of Trichoderma viride.
title_full_unstemmed Mineralization and nutrient release pattern of vermicast-sawdust mixed media with or without addition of Trichoderma viride.
title_sort mineralization and nutrient release pattern of vermicast-sawdust mixed media with or without addition of trichoderma viride.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2021
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