Microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea.
Compost tea is gaining importance as an alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The microbial population in the compost tea contributes toward its effectiveness. An attempt was made to enhance the biological activity of compost tea by fortification with microbial substrates. Humic acid a...
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| author | Naidu, Yuvarani Meon, Sariah Kadir, Jugah Siddiqui, Yasmeen |
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| description | Compost tea is gaining importance as an alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The microbial population in the compost tea contributes toward its effectiveness. An attempt was made to enhance the biological activity of compost tea by fortification with microbial substrates. Humic acid and yeast extract (4:7 w/w 100 g-1 compost) when used as microbial starter during brewing of compost tea significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) enhanced the microbial population. There was a ten to hundred fold percentage increase for total bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes compared to control. The stability of microbial enriched compost tea was maintained up to four months of storage based on significantly higher number of viable cell counts when compared to compost tea without substrates (control). The viable microbial cell counts over a storage period of six months was 8.5x10(9), 4.6x10(6), 3.5x10(4), 3.9x10(4), 1.4x10(5), 4.8x10(4) and 7.3x10(5) for other bacteria. |
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| spelling | upm-156292015-12-16T08:11:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15629/ Microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea. Naidu, Yuvarani Meon, Sariah Kadir, Jugah Siddiqui, Yasmeen Compost tea is gaining importance as an alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The microbial population in the compost tea contributes toward its effectiveness. An attempt was made to enhance the biological activity of compost tea by fortification with microbial substrates. Humic acid and yeast extract (4:7 w/w 100 g-1 compost) when used as microbial starter during brewing of compost tea significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) enhanced the microbial population. There was a ten to hundred fold percentage increase for total bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes compared to control. The stability of microbial enriched compost tea was maintained up to four months of storage based on significantly higher number of viable cell counts when compared to compost tea without substrates (control). The viable microbial cell counts over a storage period of six months was 8.5x10(9), 4.6x10(6), 3.5x10(4), 3.9x10(4), 1.4x10(5), 4.8x10(4) and 7.3x10(5) for other bacteria. Friends Science Publishers 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15629/1/Microbial%20starter%20for%20the%20enhancement%20of%20biological%20activity%20of%20compost%20tea.pdf Naidu, Yuvarani and Meon, Sariah and Kadir, Jugah and Siddiqui, Yasmeen (2010) Microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 12 (1). pp. 51-56. ISSN 1814–9596 http://www.fspublishers.org English |
| spellingShingle | Naidu, Yuvarani Meon, Sariah Kadir, Jugah Siddiqui, Yasmeen Microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea. |
| title | Microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea. |
| title_full | Microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea. |
| title_fullStr | Microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea. |
| title_short | Microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea. |
| title_sort | microbial starter for the enhancement of biological activity of compost tea. |
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