Abstract: Horticultural substrates, also referred to as growing media, potting soils and gardening or soilless substrates, are widely used as a basis for vegetable and flower production in horticulture. They are created as a composition of different ingredients (bog peat, organic residuals, coir, perlite and other components). Hydraulic properties such as water storage capacity, air capacity, s...

Abstract Peat is a soil that has high compressibility property beside having low bearing capacity. Due to these problems, the peat not suitable for construction purposes. Coconut waste an example of agricultural waste. In context environmental sustainability, use coir in geotechnical applications desirable. This research was conducted study stabilization by using Coir Fibre Ash (CFA) partially ...

Activated carbon prepared from coir pith using ZnCl2 was investigated to find the feasibility of its application for removal of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP) in aqueous solution through adsorption process. Batch mode kinetics and isotherm studies were carried out to evaluate the effects of contact time, initial concentration, adsorbent dose, pH, and temperature. Lagergren, second order, and Bangh...

Strawberry is an important fruit crop within the UK. To reduce the impact of soil-borne diseases and extend the production season, more than half of the UK strawberry production is now in substrate (predominantly coir) under protection. Substrates such as coir are usually depleted of microbes including arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and consequently the introduction of beneficial microbes i...

BACKGROUND Coir is a commercially important natural fiber obtained from the coconut husk. Coir can be woven into strong twine or rope, and is used for padding mattresses, upholstery, etc. Coir industry provides a major share of occupation to the natives of Alappuzha district of Kerala State. It has been noticed earlier that there is increased incidence of nasobronchial allergy among the populat...

Using a hand lay-up approach, both orange peel and coconut coir fibres are used in particulate form with an epoxy matrix to create partly green biodegradable composites. The findings indicate great opportunities for employing these natural fibres. thermal conductivity of coconut-coir composites was measured experimentally various volume fractions experimental show that as fibre concentration in...

In today's fast-developing world, the use of composite materials is closely related to environmental pollution, renewable and biodegradable resources. A researcher looking for environmentally friendly materials. Natural synthetic fibres come in a wide range shapes sizes. include jute, straw wheat, rice husk banana fibre, pineapple leaf cotton, Sisal, Coir, Oats, Bagasse. Every year, 13.5 tonnes...

india has large resources of natural fibres such as banana, khus, sisal, korai grass,talipot, palm leaf, coconut, pineapple, screwpine, golden grass, jute and sabaiamong others. in the past, trade of the village folk depended on harvesting fibresgrown in their villages. natural fibers have recently gaining attraction of researchersdue to their low cost eco-friendly and biodegradability characte...

The internal structure, cross section area (CSA) and mechanical properties of palm coir fibres were investigated using SEM on cryotome cut samples, tensile measurements single technical at three gauge lengths optical microscopy fibre sections. measured modulus was significantly dependent length CSA. Two theoretical approaches developed to fit the observed dependence These calculated as a functi...