Tailored Bioactive Compost from Agri-Waste Improves the Growth and Yield of Chili Pepper and Tomato.

ABSTRACT: An extensive use of chemical fertilizers has posed a serious impact on food and environmental quality and sustainability. As the organic and biofertilizers can satisfactorily fulfill the crop's nutritional requirement, the plants require less chemical fertilizer application; hence, the food is low in chemical residues and environment is less polluted. The agriculture crop residues, being a rich source of nutrients, can be used to feed the soil and crops after composting and is a practicable approach to sustainable waste management and organic agriculture instead of open-field burning of crop residues. This study demonstrates a feasible strategy to convert the wheat and rice plant residues into composted organic fertilizer and subsequent enrichment with plant-beneficial bacteria. The bioact

SUBMITTER: Imran A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8819593 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature