Characters of aerated compost tea from immature compost that limit colonization of bean leaflets by Botrytis cinerea

Control of Botrytis cinerea, Alternaria alternata and Pyrenochaeta lycopersici on tomato with whey compost-tea applications

Compost teas are fermented extracts of composted materials that are used to control plant diseases. A compost extractor in liquid phase, with forced air blowing system and assembled using farmer facilities, was used to produce “on farm” aerated compost teas (CTs) from five types of compost, in a 14-day fermentation cycle. Solid feed stocks, including one biowaste compost and four composted toma...

Airflow in Passively Aerated Compost

Passive aeration systems are more economical than active aeration systems and deliver similar performance, but mathematical descriptions of the process are inadequate for use in design or optimization. Therefore, a practical analytical model of airflow development in passively aerated compost was developed. The model relates the physical characteristics and temperature of the compost with the p...

Microbial Content of Actively Aerated Compost Tea after Variations of Ingredients or Procedures

Compost tea describes a procedure where compost is mixed with water. The mixture may be left to stand with minimal disturbance, also called “compost extract” or “steepage”, or actively supplied with oxygen by an aquarium pump to stimulate population growth of aerobic microbes. This project examined actively aerated compost tea. Over a 3-year period, 25 experiments were conducted where a standar...

Assessment of Foodborne Pathogen Survival during Production and Pre-harvest Application of Compost and Compost Tea

Title of Dissertation: ASSESSMENT OF FOODBORNE PATHOGEN SURVIVAL DURING PRODUCTION AND PRE-HARVEST APPLICATION OF COMPOST AND COMPOST TEA David T. Ingram, Ph.D. 2009 Directed By: Sam W. Joseph, Professor (Emeritus), CBMG and Director, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health Jianghong Meng, Professor, NFSC, and Interim Director of the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition The...

The Utilization of Aqueous Compost Fermentation Extracts (“Compost Tea”) for the Suppression of Turfgrass Pathogens