ISHS Acta Horticulturae 469: International Symposium on Composting & Use of Composted Material in Horticulture
TWO COMPOST TYPES USED IN THE NIAYES (SENEGAL) MARKET GARDEN AREA : TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION |
| Authors: | M.A. Seck, C. Lo |
| Keywords: | Casuarina equisetifolia, Solanum aethiopicum, Solanum lycopersicum, rameal chipped wood, slaughterhouse waste, compost lumps |
| Abstract:
On the one hand, pieces of chipped rameal wood (Casuarina equisetifolia) were treated with compost in piles for 4 months. After maturation, the compost was used as an organic ameliorator in bitter aubergine (Solanum aethiopicum) market-gardening experimental tests at the rate of 20 tonnes per hectare. Compared with controls, the evaluation of the growth rate, vegetable production and fresh primary biomass indicated a more favorable crop evolution on compost-improved plots. A 4.4 cm growth difference was reached two months after seed bed planting out. The figures were respectively 3.1 tonnes ha-1 and 2.4 tonnes ha-1 for the vegetables and for the fresh biomass. Slaughterhouse waste was also treated in piles with compost for 2 months. The product was used to make lumps in which Solanum lycopersicum seeds are sowed. After germination, the seeds were planted out in fields where the organic matter effect on vegetable production was evaluated. The results showed a significant improvement of the germination rate and yield compared with controls with a 16% increase in the first case and 6.53 tonnes ha-1 respectively. | |
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