Digestate Improves Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) Growth and Fiber Production at a Chlor-Alkali Site.

ABSTRACT: Marginal lands have been proposed to produce non-food crop biomass for energy or green materials. For this purpose, the selection, implementation, and growth optimization of plant species on such lands are key elements to investigate to achieve relevant plant yields. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is a herbaceous perennial that grows spontaneously on contaminated lands and was described as suitable to produce fibers for material applications. Two mercury-contaminated soils from industrial wastelands with different properties (grassland soil and sediment landfill) were used in this study to assess the potential growth of stinging nettle in a greenhouse mesocosm experiment. Two organic amendments were studied for their impact on nettle growth. The solid digestate from organic food wa

SUBMITTER: Viotti C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11397052 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature