presented findings from a study examining the trophic diversity of nematode populations in soils where grapes and strawberries were being grown. Initially, research focused on the changes in trophic structure (basically the niches being filled in a given ecosystem) of soil invertebrates – specifically arthropods – brought about by the addition of vermicomposts (see Gunadi et al, 2002), but in recent years there has been a greater focus on the actual suppression of certain pest organisms. Clive Edwards’ team at The Ohio State University. If you tuned in for the last edition of the newsletter, and are a regular reader in general, you won’t be surprised to learn that some of the key studies in this area have been conducted by Dr. Just so you know, the term ‘pests’ here refers primarily to various species of insects, mites and nematodes that feed on plants or cause them harm in some other way. While plant growth promotion and even the disease fighting abilities of castings have been quite well documented over the years (relatively speaking), their use as a means of suppressing pest organisms definitely isn’t something you hear about every day – nor is it something a lot people would expect from a ‘compost’. I’ve actually decided to leave that until our last installment in the series, and instead we will continue to push forward – looking this week at the potential of worm castings for pest suppression.
In our last edition I told you we’d be looking in more depth into the mechanisms behind the amazing growth promoting properties of castings. Hopefully, this is a topic of interest for everyone – we’ve got three more installments (including this one) coming your way! 🙂 I hope you enjoyed the holiday season!Īs you may recall, back in December we started talking about ‘Worm Castings’, and have already dedicated two editions of the newsletter to this subject. It does not store any personal data.Welcome back everyone. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
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