6533b852fe1ef96bd12aac55

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Poplar Biochar as an Alternative Substrate for Curly Endive Cultivated in a Soilless System

Claudio De PasqualeBeppe Benedetto ConsentinoLeo SabatinoGiovanni IapichinoRosario Paolo Mauro

subject

0106 biological sciencesPeatpyrolysis temperatureSettore AGR/13 - Chimica AgrariaSettore AGR/04 - Orticoltura E Floricolturalcsh:Technologyquality traits01 natural scienceslcsh:Chemistrysoilless cultivationsubstrate mixtureBiocharGeneral Materials ScienceDry matterCichorium endivia L. var. crispumParticle densitylcsh:QH301-705.5InstrumentationLeafysubstrate mixturesFluid Flow and Transfer Processespoplar wood biochar; pyrolysis temperature; Cichorium endivia L. var. crispum; soilless cultivation; substrate mixtures; quality traitslcsh:TChemistryProcess Chemistry and TechnologyGeneral Engineeringpoplar wood biochar04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesAscorbic acidBulk densitylcsh:QC1-999Computer Science ApplicationsHorticulture<i>cichorium endivia</i> l. var. <i>crispum</i>lcsh:Biology (General)lcsh:QD1-999lcsh:TA1-2040040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisherieslcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)Pyrolysislcsh:Physics010606 plant biology & botany

description

Imminent necessity for eco-friendly and low-cost substitutes to peat is a defiance in the soilless plant cultivation systems. Wood biochar could entirely or partly substitute peat as a plant growing constituent to produce vegetables. Nevertheless, knowledge concerning potential plant performance of leafy green vegetables grown on wood biochar is restricted. The present study assessed the main physicochemical traits of various growing media constituted by decreasing the content of peat and by increasing the percentages of poplar wood biochar. Yield, nutritional and functional properties of curly endive plants cultivated in a protected environment were also tested. Biochar was pyrolyzed from poplar (Populus nigra L.) at 450 or 700 &deg

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-02-01Applied Sciences
https://doi.org/10.3390/app10041258