The initial soil microbiota impacts the potential for lignocellulose degradation during soil solarization.

J D Fernández-BayoK V HestmarkJ T ClaypoolD R HarroldT E RandallY AchmonJ J StapletonC W SimmonsJean S VanderGheynst

Published in: Journal of applied microbiology (2019)

The type of organic matter amended and its biotransformation by soil micro-organisms impact the efficacy of SBS. The results suggest that co-amending highly recalcitrant biomass with micro-organisms found in compost improves biomass conversion during SBS.

Keyphrases

organic matter
wastewater treatment
sewage sludge
plant growth
anaerobic digestion
gram negative
risk assessment
heavy metals