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USE.218-Examining the Quality of a Compost Product Derived from Sargassum-AC22.USCC

The free-floating algae known as sargassum (Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans) drifts onto coastlines throughout the Atlantic Ocean during spring and summer months.  Beach communities seek to maintain tourist appeal and remove or relocate the sargassum drifts collecting on shore.  Maintenance efforts have attempted to incorporate sargassum into dunes.  However, not all communities have the… Continue reading USE.218-Examining the Quality of a Compost Product Derived from Sargassum-AC22.USCC

USE.216-Influence of Annual Solid-separated Compost Application on Row crop Productivity-AC22.CREF

The Illinois State University Farm (Lexington, IL, USA) has been composting food scraps, landscape waste and livestock waste on a routine basis since 1993. This facility annually composts about 7,500 to 11,500 cubic meters of leaves, 3,000 to 4,000 cubic meters of grass clippings and yard waste, less than 750 cubic meters of sawdust and… Continue reading USE.216-Influence of Annual Solid-separated Compost Application on Row crop Productivity-AC22.CREF

USE.215-Effect of Composts on Microbial Communities in Potting Media-AC22.CREF

Composts are increasingly used as components of growing media for greenhouse, nursery and garden crops. While they are known to improve chemical, physical and biological properties that impact plant health, little is known about the specific effects of compost amendments on the composition of microbial communities in these media. In this study, microbial consortia were… Continue reading USE.215-Effect of Composts on Microbial Communities in Potting Media-AC22.CREF