Organic Compost Research

• Compost Effects
  • Agricultural Systems
  • Plants
  • Soils and Nutrients
  • Pathogens, Antibiotics and GMOs
• Composting How-To

• Altered food web structure and C-flux pathways associated with mineralisation of organic amendments to agricultural soil
• Applying compost in conventional and no-tillage systems under corn silage and soybean production
• Economically Optimal Compost Rates for Organic Crop Production
• Production of high-quality composts for horticultural purposes: a mini-review
• Profitability of Cropping Systems Featuring Tillage and Compost
• Quantifying the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as a result of composting dairy and beef cattle manure
• Replacing conventional nursery crop nutrient input with vermicompost

• Residual Effects of Compost on Soil Quality and Dryland Wheat Yield Sixteen Years after Compost Application
• A review of the use of composted municipal solid waste in agriculture
• A short-term comparison of organic v. conventional agriculture in a silty loam soil using two organic amendments
• Vermicompost as a substitute for peat in organic potting media: effects on germination, biomass allocation, yields and fruit quality of three tomato varieties

Compost Effects: Plants

• Benefits of Vermicompost as a Constituent of Growing Substrates Used in the Production of Organic Greenhouse Tomatoes
• Are compost teas an effective nutrient amendment in the cultivation of strawberries? Soil and plant tissue effects
• Composts from various municipal solid waste feedstocks affect vegetable crops. II. Growth, yields, and fruit quality
• The effects of organic amendments on mineral element uptake and fruit quality of raspberries
• The effects of organic and conventional nutrient amendments on strawberry cultivation: Fruit yield and quality
• Growth of ornamental plants in container media amended with biosolids compost
• Impact of vermicompost on vegetable transplant quality

• Influence of biodynamic preparations on compost development and resultant compost extracts on wheat seedling growth
• Organic tomato transplant production in compost-amended substrate
• Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Tomato and Lettuce as Affected by Vermicompost Water Extracts (Teas)
• Soil organic amendment impacts on corn resistance to Helicoverpa zea: Constitutive or induced?
• Suitability of composts as potting media for production of organic vegetable transplants
• Transplant growth and stand establishment of bell pepper plants as affected by compost-amended substrate
• Use of compost made from livestock manure as an organic substrate for cucumber grown in greenhouse

Compost Effects: Soils and Nutrientss

• Available nitrogen and phosphorus in soil amended with fresh or composted cattle manure containing straw or wood-chip bedding
• Biowaste usage for soil erosion control and soil physical improvement under potatoes in Atlantic Canada
• Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks and Nitrogen Mineralization in Organically Managed Soils Amended with Composted Manures
• Characterizing Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Composting and in Compost-Amended Soils
• Composted organic residues as a substrate component for tomato transplant production
• Compost, rapeseed rotation, and biocontrol agents significantly impact soil microbial communities in organic and conventional potato production systems
• Effect of Composted Greenhouse Wastes on Macro-Nutrients Concentration and Productivity of Cucumber

• Effects of land application of municipal biosolids on nitrogen-fixing bacteria in agricultural soil
• Forms of phosphorus in composts and in compost-amended soils following incubation
• High-nitrogen compost as a medium for organic container-grown crops
• Influence of Orchard Floor Management and Compost Application Timing on Nitrogen Partitioning in Apple Trees
• Long-term influence of compost on available water capacity of a fine sandy loam in a potato rotation
• Nitrogen Availability from Composts for Humid Region Perennial Grass and Legume–Grass Forage Production
• Nitrogen and Carbon Mineralization Rates of Composted Manures Incubated in Soil
• Season-long supply of plant-available nutrients from compost and fertiliser in a long term organic vs. conventional snap bean rotations experiment
• Soil microbial biomass, functional microbial diversity, and nematode community structure as affected by cover crops and compost in an organic vegetable production system
• Soil Physical Properties and Organic Matter in Forages Receiving Composts, Manure or Fertilizer

Compost Effects: Pathogens, Antibiotics and GMOs

• NEW!! Compost Teas and Reused Nutrient Solution Suppress Plant Pathogens In Vitro
• Biodegradation of genetically modified seeds and plant tissues during composting
• Compost induces protection against Fusarium oxysporum in sweet basil
• Compost suppressiveness against Fusarium oxysporum after one-year storage
• Compost tea: Principles and prospects for plant disease control
• Composting of Beef Cattle Manure Reduces Antibiotic Levels
• Does Composting Degrade Modified DNA?
• Does organic farming increase soil suppression against Fusarium wilt of melon?

• Effect of non-aerated compost teas on damping-off pathogens of tomato
• Induced resistance as a putative component of compost suppressiveness
• Plant waste-based composts suppressive to diseases caused by pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum
• Recent Advances in Soil-Borne Disease Control Using Suppressive Media
• Suppression of Allium white rot in different soils using vegetable wastes
• Suppression of bacterial canker of tomato by composts
• Supressiveness of 18 composts against 7 pathosystems: Variability in pathogen response
• The use of compost in growing media as suppressive agent against soil-borne diseases

Composting How-To

• Composting Solid Manure
• Does Compost Need to be Turned?
• Manual of On-Farm Vermicomposting and Vermiculture
• Manure Composting Manual
• Manures for Organic Crop Production (ATTRA)
• Notes on Compost Teas (ATTRA)

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