A New Organic Amendment Based on Insect Frass for Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) Cultivation

Insect frass is considered as a sustainable resource for plant nutrition. This new amendment is characterized by a high salinity (EC) which constitutes an issue for its agronomic utilization. The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of four organic amendments with different EC: frass of...

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Published inEnvironmental Sciences Proceedings Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 28
Main Authors Jamaa Zim, Amlal Aitikkou, Moulay Hicham EL Omari, Soumia EL Malahi, Khalid Azim, Abdelaziz Hirich, Abdelaziz Nilahyane, Ali Oumouloud
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published MDPI AG 01.06.2022
Subjects
cattle manure
Cucurbita pepo L
insect frass
plant nutrition
salinity
vermicompost
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Summary:Insect frass is considered as a sustainable resource for plant nutrition. This new amendment is characterized by a high salinity (EC) which constitutes an issue for its agronomic utilization. The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of four organic amendments with different EC: frass of Hermetia illucens (15.19 mS/cm), frass of Tenebrio molitor (6.47 mS/cm), vermicompost (2.07 mS/cm), and cattle manure (1.33 mS/cm), on zucchini crop. The results showed a great improvement of the agronomic parameters of zucchini using frass of T. molitor insects. This study shows that insect frass could be potential alternatives of conventional amendments and may have positive impact on sustaining agricultural production.
ISSN:2673-4931
DOI:10.3390/environsciproc2022016028