AGROALNEXT Project: Evaluation of soil health in different horticultural cultivation systems and management practices in the Campo de Cartagena
- Type Project
- Scope Autonómico
- Autonomous community Murcia, Región de
- Main source of financing NextGenerationEU
- Project website Web del Proyecto
Description
The project evaluates agroecological management practices versus conventional systems to improve soil health in horticulture, seeking to increase productivity and reduce environmental impact through techniques such as crop diversification, biofertilizers and stimulation of soil microbiota.
Results
The use of biofertilizers to complement the reduction of mineral fertilization in horticultural systems improved biological nitrogen fixation, ammonification, and CO2 fixation. Microbial communities grown using biofertilizers included taxonomic groups that enhance nutrient availability and short-term biological control, with these communities aligning with those of conventional treatments at the end of the growing cycle. Mixed greenhouse cultivation (soil plus coconut fiber) increased organic carbon, field capacity water content, and soil macroaggregate stability, while reducing water, fertilizer, and pesticide use by 25% compared to soil-based cultivation.
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: Raúl Zornoza Belmonte
- Mailing address: Not available
- Email coordinator/entity: raul.zornoza@upct.es
- Phone: Not available
Coordinators
- UPCT
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