Test on The Effects of Reconstituted Soil on Emergency Speed and Root Growth in Maize

Paolo Manfredi; Chiara Cassinari; Roberta Salvi; Raffaella Battaglia; Adriano Marocco; Marco Trevisan

doi:10.1515/contagri-2018-0035

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Test on The Effects of Reconstituted Soil on Emergency Speed and Root Growth in Maize

Contemporary Agriculture

Volume 67 (2018): Issue 3-4 (December 2018)

By: Paolo Manfredi, Chiara Cassinari, Roberta Salvi, Raffaella Battaglia, Adriano Marocco and Marco Trevisan

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|Jan 2019

Abstract

Reconstitution is a pedotechnique to counter land degradation and desertification. The reconstitution, patented by the research laboratory m.c.m. Ecosistemi, applies chemical-mechanical actions to a mixture of degraded soil and matrices (such as waste sludge) in order to produce reconstituted soil, a very high fertility soil. This paper is about a pot study in a greenhouse to investigate how reconstituted soil affects emergence speed and seminal roots development of Zea mays L. seedlings, in comparison with a Technosol. 200 seedlings are monitored up to the 16^th day after the seeding. The emergence percentage is 98% on reconstituted soil and 91% on Technosol. Average length and weight of fresh seminal roots are higher on reconstituted soil.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/contagri-2018-0035 | Journal eISSN: 2466-4774 | Journal ISSN: 0350-1205

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Language: English

Page range: 242 - 248

Submitted on: Nov 9, 2018

Accepted on: Dec 26, 2018

Published on: Jan 3, 2019

Published by: University of Novi Sad

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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Keywords:

reconstituted soil,

maize,

seminal roots development,

emergence

Related subjects:

Business and economics,

Business management,

Industries,

Agribusiness, food industry,

Zoology,

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