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Sustainable Use of Citrus Waste as Organic Amendment in Orange Orchards

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  • Simona Consoli

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Cinzia Caggia

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Nunziatina Russo

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Cinzia Lucia Randazzo

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Alberto Continella

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Giulia Modica

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Santa Olga Cacciola

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Luigi Faino

    (Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Massimo Reverberi

    (Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Andrea Baglieri

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Ivana Puglisi

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Mirco Milani

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Giuseppe Longo Minnolo

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

  • Salvatore Barbagallo

    (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A), Università degli Studi di Catania, 95129 Catania, Italy)

Abstract

The use of citrus waste (peel, CW) as organic fertilizer was investigated on soil microbiota and on soil physico-chemical and hydraulic characteristics. The biotic components on CW and the effect on nutritional status, leaf chlorophyll content, fruit set and production of “Tarocco” orange trees were also identified. The citrus waste was supplied to an experimental orchard at different doses: 45 kg m −2 (with and without Ca(OH) 2 addition) and 90 kg m −2 . The study was conducted in three consecutive years (2015–2017) on 20-year old orange trees at the experimental farm of the University of Catania (Italy). The main results of the study confirm that the use of CW as a biofertilizer offers a great opportunity for sustainable sweet orange production.

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  • Simona Consoli & Cinzia Caggia & Nunziatina Russo & Cinzia Lucia Randazzo & Alberto Continella & Giulia Modica & Santa Olga Cacciola & Luigi Faino & Massimo Reverberi & Andrea Baglieri & Ivana Puglisi, 2023. "Sustainable Use of Citrus Waste as Organic Amendment in Orange Orchards," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:3:p:2482-:d:1051556
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