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DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0256450
	The influence of vermicomposting on photosynthetic activity and productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) crop under semi-arid climate
	Younas, Muhammad; Zou, Huasong; Laraib, Tasmia; Abbas, Waseem; Akhtar, Muhammad Waqar; Aslam, Muhammad Naveed; Amrao, Luqman; Hayat, Shoukat; Abdul Hamid, Tariq; Hameed, Akhtar; Ayaz Kachelo, Ghalib; Elseehy, Mona M.; El-Shehawi, Ahmed M.; Zuan, Ali Tan Kee; Li, Yunzhou; Arif, Muhammad
通讯作者	Li, YZ (corresponding author), Guizhou Univ, Coll Agr, Dept Plant Pathol, Guiyang, Guizhou, Peoples R China. ; Zuan, ATK (corresponding author), Univ Putra Malaysia, Dept Land Management, Fac Agr, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. ; Arif, M (corresponding author), Fujian Agr & Forestry Univ, Dept Plant Protect, Fuzhou, Peoples R China.
来源期刊	PLOS ONE
ISSN	1932-6203
出版年	2021
卷号	16 期号:8
英文摘要	Food production and waste recycling are the two major issues faced globally with rapidly increasing population. Recycling organic wastes to crop amendments could be a possible solution to these issues. Earthworms transfer organic waste to compost, which is used to grow crops and increase crop productivity. This study assessed the impact of vermicompost produced from the residues of six desert plant species, i.e., (Ziziphus mauritiana, Aerva javanica, Calligonum comosum, Sacchrum benghalens, Calligonum polygonoides and Prosopis cineraria) combined with farmyard manure (5 t ha(-1)) on growth, yield and photosynthetic activity of maize crop. Earthworm species Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) was used to prepare vermicomposting of all tested plant species. The desert species were collected from natural habitats, chopped, dried, mixed with FYM and then earthworms were released to prepare the vermicompost. The earthworms were excluded twenty days after release and resultant was considered as compost and used in the experiment. Results revealed that application of P. cineraria vermicompost resulted in the highest plant height (75.33 cm), stem diameter (22.66 mm), cob length (17.66 cm), number of grains/cob (374.67), 1000-grain weight (260.41 g) and grains yield (3.20 t/ha). Application of P. cineraria vermicompost resulted in the highest uptake of macronutrients, i.e., N (91.01%), P (22.07%), K (80.41%), micronutrients, i.e., Fe (19.07 ppm), Zn (40.05 ppm), and phenolic contents (150). Application of P. cineraria vermicompost also resulted in the highest quantum photosynthetic yield (0.42 mole C/mole of photon), chlorophyll florescence (355.18 moles of photon m(-2)s(-1)) and electron transport rate (310.18 micro mole m(-2)s(-1)). It is concluded that vermicomposting has the potential to improve growth and yield of maize crop. Particularly, application of vermicompost obtained from P. cineraria can be used to improve the growth and yield of maize crop. Nonetheless, field trials are necessary for a wide scale recommendation.
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000729171700024
WOS关键词	INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ; CICER-ARIETINUM L. ; EISENIA-FOETIDA ; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS ; SOIL FERTILITY ; COW DUNG ; GROWTH ; SLUDGE ; WASTE ; YIELD
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/373559
作者单位	[Younas, Muhammad; Li, Yunzhou] Guizhou Univ, Coll Agr, Dept Plant Pathol, Guiyang, Guizhou, Peoples R China; [Younas, Muhammad; Amrao, Luqman; Hameed, Akhtar; Ayaz Kachelo, Ghalib] Univ Agr Faisalabad, Dept Plant Pathol, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan; [Zou, Huasong] Fujian Agr & Forestry Univ, Coll Plant Protect, Fuzhou, Fujian, Peoples R China; [Laraib, Tasmia] Univ Lahore, Inst Mol Biol & Biotechnol, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan; [Abbas, Waseem] Ayub Agr Res Inst, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan; [Akhtar, Muhammad Waqar] Islamia Univ Bahawalpur, Dept Soil Sci, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan; [Aslam, Muhammad Naveed] Islamia Univ Bahawalpur, Dept Plant Pathol, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan; [Hayat, Shoukat] Islamia Univ Bahawalpur, Dept Forestry, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan; [Abdul Hamid, Tariq] Pest Warning & Qual Control Pesticides PW&QCP, Off Deputy Director Agr, Lahore, Pakistan; [Elseehy, Mona M.] Univ Alexandria, Dept Genet, Fac Agr, Alexandria, Egypt; [El-Shehawi, Ahmed M.] Taif Univ, Dept Biotechnol, Coll...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Younas, Muhammad,Zou, Huasong,Laraib, Tasmia,et al. The influence of vermicomposting on photosynthetic activity and productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) crop under semi-arid climate[J],2021,16(8).
APA	Younas, Muhammad.,Zou, Huasong.,Laraib, Tasmia.,Abbas, Waseem.,Akhtar, Muhammad Waqar.,...&Arif, Muhammad.(2021).The influence of vermicomposting on photosynthetic activity and productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) crop under semi-arid climate.PLOS ONE,16(8).
MLA	Younas, Muhammad,et al."The influence of vermicomposting on photosynthetic activity and productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) crop under semi-arid climate".PLOS ONE 16.8(2021).