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Dry matter production and nutrient accumulation after successive crops of lettuce, tomato, rice, and andropogongrass in a substrate with zeolite

Alberto C. de Campos Bernardi, Marisa Bezerra de Mello Monte, Paulo Renato Perdigão Paiva, Carlos Guarino Werneck, Patrick Gesualdi Haim, Fernando de Souza Barros

01/Apr/2010

Zeolites are hydrated crystalline aluminosilicate minerals of natural occurrence, structured in rigid third dimension net that can be used as slow release plant-nutrient source. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of plant growth substrate under zeolite application, enriched with N, P and K, on dry matter yield and on nutrient contents in consecutive crops of lettuce, tomato, rice, and andropogon grass. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse, with 3 kg pots with an […]