Response of Pasture Grasses to Organic Fertilizer Produced from Black Soldier Fly Frass.

ABSTRACT: Livestock and dairy farmers are increasingly required to maintain productivity and profitability while mitigating the environmental harm associated with high-input agriculture. Accordingly, to reduce reliance on synthetic fertilizers, a wide range of organically derived products are being evaluated for their effects on sward growth and forage quality. This study used glasshouse experiments to investigate the responses of four grass species to a novel organic fertilizer derived from the mass production of black soldier fly larvae [Hermetia illucens, HexaFrass™, Meath, Ireland]. Although there was some variability among trials, overall our results indicate that application of HexaFrass produced increased shoot growth of Perennial Ryegrass (PRG; Lolium perenne L.), Timothy (P

SUBMITTER: Rodgers E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11013756 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature