دورية أكاديمية
Biostimulants as a Tool for Improving Environmental Sustainability of Greenhouse Vegetable Crops
| العنوان: | Biostimulants as a Tool for Improving Environmental Sustainability of Greenhouse Vegetable Crops |
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| المؤلفون: | Sara Rajabi Hamedani, Youssef Rouphael, Giuseppe Colla, Andrea Colantoni, Mariateresa Cardarelli |
| المصدر: | Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 5101, p 5101 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| المجموعة: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | life cycle assessment, carbon footprint, mycorrhizal fungi, protein hydrolysate, spinach, zucchini squash, Environmental effects of industries and plants, TD194-195, Renewable energy sources, TJ807-830, Environmental sciences, GE1-350 |
| الوصف: | Plant biostimulants have gained great interest from the agrochemical industry and farmers because of their ability to enhance nutrient use efficiency and increase abiotic stress tolerance in crop production. However, despite the considerable potential of biostimulants for the sustainable development of the agricultural sector, the environmental evaluation of the application of biostimulants is still missing. Hence, this is the first study that focuses on the environmental assessment of the biostimulant action of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices and vegetal-derived protein hydrolysate on two greenhouse vegetable crops, spinach and zucchini squash, under different fertilization regimes. The life cycle assessment from a cradle to gate perspective, which covers all processes related to crop cultivation up to harvest, was carried out to calculate the carbon footprint of the production chain for these two crops. The results of the comparative analysis revealed that the CO 2 equivalent emissions of both crops were reduced due to the biostimulant applications. In particular, the effect of the mycorrhization on the reduction of carbon emissions compared to the un-mycorrhized control was higher in zucchini plants under organic fertilization (12%) than under mineral fertilization (7%). In addition, organic fertilization increased the total carbon footprint of zucchini (52%) compared with mineral fertilization. The results also showed that an increase of nitrogen fertilization from 15 to 45 kg N ha −1 in spinach production enhanced the total CO 2 emissions per ton of harvested leaves in comparison with treatments that involved the foliar applications of protein hydrolysate together with a lower nitrogen input; this increase was 4% compared to the unfertilized treatment with application of biostimulant. This study can support decision-making in terms of agronomic technique choices in line with sustainable development of vegetable crop production. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2071-1050 |
| العلاقة: | https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/12/5101Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Test; https://doaj.org/article/bdffedc4eb2947a8b276e665041efcc5Test |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su12125101 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125101Test https://doaj.org/article/bdffedc4eb2947a8b276e665041efcc5Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.75BE4262 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20711050 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/su12125101 |