Crop Nutrition and Soil Fertility Management in Organic Potato Production Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Crop Nutrition and Soil Fertility Management in Organic Potato
- Crop rotation;
- Cultivation of nitrogen-fixing plants and other green manure crops to restore the soil fertility;
- Choosing resistant varieties and breeds and techniques that encourage natural pest control.
3. Animal Manure in Organic Potato Cultivation
4. Green Manure in Organic Potato Cultivation
5. Organic Amendments in Organic Potato Cultivation
5.1. Compost
5.2. Vermicompost
5.3. Biochar
6. Biostimulants in Organic Potato Cultivation
6.1. Humic Substances
6.2. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
6.3. Biofertilizers
7. Conclusions
8. Future Research Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Organic Products | Nutrient Content (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|
N | P2O5 | K2O | |
Farmyard manure | 0.5–1.5 | 0.2–0.4 | 0.5–1.0 |
Crop residues | 0.34–0.63 | - | 1–6 |
Organic waste | 3.03 | 2.63 | 1.4 |
Green manure | 40–60 | 2.5–6.55 | 0.0327 |
Vermicompost | 2–3 | 1.55–2.25 | 1.85–2.25 |
Compost | 2 | 0.5–1 | 2 |
Biogas slurry | 1.4–1.8 | 1.1–1.7 | 0.8–1.3 |
Amendments | Impact on Tuber Yield | Impact on Tuber Quality | Location | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
Swine manure-sawdust compost | decrease | Canada | Lynch et al. [20] | |
Worm-compost | increase | Morocco | Harraq et al. [23] | |
Compost + green manure | increase | Italy | Canali et al. [68] | |
Biochar + liquid digestate | - | Norway | Rittl et al. [79] | |
Food residues + MSWC | increase | Italy | Passoni & Borin [87] | |
Compost | increase | - | Canada | Carter et al. [88] |
Compost | increase | Egypt | El-Sayed et al. [89] | |
Pulp-fiber compost | increase | Canada | Fahmy et al. [90] | |
Different types of compost | no effect | Canada | Wilson et al. [91] | |
Compost | increase phenolics, flavonoids, anthocyanins | Lithuania | Vaitkevičienė et al. [92] | |
On-farm compost (fish waste, seaweed, pine bark) | increase | increase reducing sugars | Spain | Illera-Vives et al. [93] |
MSWC 1 and paper mill biosolid compost | decrease | Canada | Alam et al. [94] | |
MSWC | increase | increase micronutrients | Spain | Escobedo-Monge et al. [95] |
On-farm prepared compost | increase | Belgium | Willekens et al. [96] | |
Farmyard compost, compost tea | increase | increase dry matter, specific gravity | Egypt | El-Tantawy et al. [97] |
Conifer-based compost + green manure+ biofertilizer | increase | United States | Bernard et al. [98] | |
Biochar | increase | Egypt | Youssef et al. [99] | |
Biochar | increase | Nepal | Upadaya et al. [100] | |
Biochar, biochar + compost | increase | Canada | Mawof et al. [101] | |
Biochar + recommended NPK | increase | Canada | Farooque et al. [102] | |
Biochar + organic fertilizer | increase | China | Hou et al. [103] | |
Biochar + recommended NPK | increase | increase dry matter, specific gravity | Bangladesh | Mollick et al. [104] |
Biochar + vermicompost + bonemeal, others | increase | India | Singh & Siddique [105] |
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Ierna, A.; Distefano, M. Crop Nutrition and Soil Fertility Management in Organic Potato Production Systems. Horticulturae 2024, 10, 886. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10080886
Ierna A, Distefano M. Crop Nutrition and Soil Fertility Management in Organic Potato Production Systems. Horticulturae. 2024; 10(8):886. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10080886
Chicago/Turabian StyleIerna, Anita, and Miriam Distefano. 2024. "Crop Nutrition and Soil Fertility Management in Organic Potato Production Systems" Horticulturae 10, no. 8: 886. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10080886