Journal Article10.1016/J.APSOIL.2019.04.016
Mealworm frass as a potential biofertilizer and abiotic stress tolerance-inductor in plants
Jorge Poveda,Alejandro Jiménez-Gómez,Zaki Saati-Santamaría,R Usategui-Martín,Raúl Rivas,Raúl Rivas,Paula García-Fraile +6 more
129
TL;DR: Frass produced by the insect Tenebrio molitor, due to its nutritional content and associated microbiota, can be potentially used as a biofertilizer in organic farming, however, this potential dramatically varies according to the insect's diet.
read more
About: This article is published in Applied Soil Ecology. The article was published on 01 Oct 2019. The article focuses on the topics: Frass & Biofertilizer.
read more
Chat with Paper
AI Agents for this Paper
Find similar papers on Google Scholar, PubMed and Arxiv
Write a critical review of this paper
Analyze citations of this paper to find unaddressed research gaps
Citations
Soil amendment with insect frass and exuviae affects rhizosphere bacterial community, shoot growth and carbon/nitrogen ratio of a brassicaceous plant
TL;DR: Addition of insect frass and/or exuviae to the soil differentially affects the bacterial rhizosphere community and promotes plant growth in these soils, underlining their unique roles in the aboveground-belowground feedback loop, and their potential use as soil amendment in circular agriculture.
11
Insect Frass as a Novel Organic Soil Fertilizer for the Cultivation of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea): Effects on Soil Properties, Plant Physiological Parameters, and Nutrient Status
Vasileios Antoniadis,Aikaterini Molla,Aspasia Grammenou,Vasileios Apostolidis,Christos G. Athanassiou,Christos I. Rumbos,Efi Levizou +6 more
TL;DR: Insect frass, a novel organic soil amendment, significantly boosts soil carbon and nitrogen, enhancing spinach growth, biomass, and photosynthetic efficiency, with optimal results at 1% frass addition, suggesting its potential as a valuable soil conditioner.
11
Larval Frass of Hermetia illucens as Organic Fertilizer: Composition and Beneficial Effects on Different Crops
Giovanni Lomonaco,Antonio Franco,Jeroen De Smet,Carmen Scieuzo,Rosanna Salvia,Patrizia Falabella +5 more
TL;DR: Larval frass of Hermetia illucens is a promising organic fertilizer that enhances soil fertility and promotes crop growth. Its composition varies based on the substrate used for larval feed, affecting its nutrient content, pH levels, organic matter content, and beneficial bacteria content. The review explores the potential benefits and drawbacks of using frass in different crops, categorizing them for easier comparison.
11
Bioconversion of organic waste by insects – A comprehensive review
Shahida Anusha Siddiqui,Iskandar Azmy Harahap,Jonathan Osei‐Owusu,Trideep Saikia,Yuan Seng Wu,Ito Fernando,Rosa Perestrelo,José S. Câmara +7 more
10
Mealworm Frass as a Potential Organic Fertilizer in Synergy with PGP-Based Biostimulant for Lettuce Plants
Teresa Fuertes-Mendizábal,Isabel Salcedo,Ximena Huérfano,Patrick Riga,J. M. Estavillo,Miren K. Duñabeitia +5 more
TL;DR: In this article , the potential use of larval excrement residue obtained from mealworm rearing as organic fertilizer for crops was explored, and the results reveal that frass shows great potential as an organic fertilizer, providing macronutrients and increasing lettuce aerial biomass, although its effect is mediated by the application rate.
References
UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads
TL;DR: The UPARSE pipeline reports operational taxonomic unit (OTU) sequences with ≤1% incorrect bases in artificial microbial community tests, compared with >3% correct bases commonly reported by other methods.
15.1K
A Manual for the Practical Study of Root-Nodule Bacteria.
J. A. Callow,J. M. Vincent +1 more
TL;DR: A manual for the practical study of root-nodule bacteria, and a guide to the collection of and usage of such manuals.
5.6K
Introducing EzTaxon-e: a prokaryotic 16S rRNA gene sequence database with phylotypes that represent uncultured species.
Ok-Sun Kim,Yong-Joon Cho,Kihyun Lee,Seok Hwan Yoon,Mincheol Kim,Hyunsoo Na,Sang-Cheol Park,Yoon-Seong Jeon,Jae-Hak Lee,Hana Yi,Sungho Won,Jongsik Chun +11 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the EzTaxon-e database provides a useful taxonomic backbone for the identification of cultured and uncultured prokaryotes and offers a valuable means of communication among microbiologists who routinely encounter taxonomically novel isolates.
5.3K
•Book
A manual for the practical study of root-nodule bacteria
J. M. Vincent
- 01 Jan 1970
TL;DR: A manual for the practical study of root-nodule bacteria is presented in this article, where the authors present a set of root nodule genes and root nodes.
4.1K
Defining the core Arabidopsis thaliana root microbiome
Derek S. Lundberg,Sarah L. Lebeis,Sur Herrera Paredes,Scott Yourstone,Jase Gehring,Stephanie Malfatti,Julien Tremblay,Anna Engelbrektson,Anna Engelbrektson,Victor Kunin,Victor Kunin,Tijana Glavina del Rio,Robert C. Edgar,Thilo Eickhorst,Ruth E. Ley,Philip Hugenholtz,Philip Hugenholtz,Susannah G. Tringe,Jeffery L. Dangl +18 more
TL;DR: The pyrosequencing of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene of more than 600 Arabidopsis thaliana plants is reported to test the hypotheses that the root rhizosphere and endophytic compartment microbiota of plants grown under controlled conditions in natural soils are sufficiently dependent on the host to remain consistent across different soil types and developmental stages.