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VermiCharbiome
- Project Leader
- Hood-Nowotny Rebecca, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 22.11.2019-21.11.2020
- Programme:
- Innovationsscheck (FFG)
- Type of Research
- Applied Research
- Staff
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute of Soil Research
- Funded by
- Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Sensengasse 1, 1090 Wien, Austria
- Vermigrand Naturprodukte GmbH, Kremser Straße 63, 3462 Absdorf, Austria
- Abstract
- We plan to undertake research and development in the area of plant nutrition using a worm compost and to test a series of different compost mixtures. We will also undertake varietal testing and determine the quality and nutrient uptake from the different mixtures and the how the compost acts as a potting compost for nursery gardeners. We will specifically test how biochar interacts with the worms and how the microbial composition of the compost changes with biochar addition.
- Keywords
- Cultivation of land; Soil science; Agroecology;
- biochar ; worm compost ; Peat free;