Abstract
Municipal solid waste compost (MSWC) is used in agriculture as a fertilizer, organic soil additive and crop substrate. MSWC was examined as an alternative for peat in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L., cv. Radian) transplant production. An experiment was conducted in 2008 at the University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran with the treatments 100% peat+0% MSWC (control); 95% peat+5% MSWC, 90% peat+10% MSWC, 85% peat+15% MSWC and 80% peat+20% MSWC. Seedlings grown in the only peat and peat+MSWC (5%) mixture had better quality and suitability for transplanting. There were differences due to substrate with a general reduction in values as MSWC rate increased. Use of MSWC is not recommended at levels above 5% in cucumber transplant production. Key words: Growing medium, nutrient, porosity, seedling
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Seedlings grown in peat with 5% municipal solid waste compost had better quality and suitability for transplanting than peat alone.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Material
- Radiane0
- Treatment
- peat+MSWC (5%) mixturee2
- Outcome
- quality and suitability for transplantinge2
- Direction
- bettere2
- Comparator
- only peate2
- Setting
- University of Guilan, Rasht, Irane1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cucumber”
e0“cucumber (Cucumis sativus L., cv. Radian)”
e1“An experiment was conducted in 2008 at the University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran”
e2“Seedlings grown in the only peat and peat+MSWC (5%) mixture had better quality and suitability for transplanting”
Claim · model-written summary
Substrate values were generally reduced as the MSWC rate increased.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- MSWC ratee3
- Outcome
- valuese3
- Direction
- reductione3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cucumber”
e3“There were differences due to substrate with a general reduction in values as MSWC rate increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Use of MSWC is not recommended at levels above 5% in cucumber transplant production.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Outcome
- not recommended at levels above 5%e4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cucumber”
e4“Use of MSWC is not recommended at levels above 5% in cucumber transplant production”
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