Composting and Compost Use in Organic Systems
- Resources
- Soils and Fertility
- Horticulture
- Field Crops
- Crop Rotation
- Pest Management
- Season Extension
- Seed Production and Plant Breeding
- Livestock
- Ecology and Environment
- Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods
- Post-harvest Handling, Storage and Processing
- Social Science
- Marketing and Economics
- Transition to Organic
- Canadian Organic Research Priorities
Practical Resources
- eOrganic. 2015
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- Center for Environmental Farming Systems. 2005
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems. 2005
- eOrganic. 2013
- eOrganic. 2013
- eOrganic. 2015
- eOrganic. 2013
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- OACC
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2005
- Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. 2005
- ATTRA. 2002
- Organic Farming Research Foundation. 2015
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- OACC. 2010
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2010
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2010
- ATTRA. 2013
- ATTRA. 2013
Scientific Results
Compost effects on agricultural systems
- Applied Soil Ecology (2011) 48: 107-116
- Advances in Agronomy (2015) 129: 293-321
- PLoS ONE (2013) 8(11): e79512
- Agronomy Journal (2010) 102: 1283-1289
- Agronomy Journal (2010) 102: 450-456
- Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2005) 72:173–187
- Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2008) 123: 1-14
Compost effects on crops
- Compost Science & Utilizations (2009) 17: 220-228
- Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science (1997) 122: 433-437
- Weed Technology (2013) 27: 378-388
- Plant and Soil (2008) 308: 213–226
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2008) 88:2669–2675
- Bioresource Technology (2010) 101: 5658-5666
- HortScience (2010) 45: 637-642
- Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2007) 87: 535–539
- Journal of Environmental Quality (1994) 23: 1184–1189
- Journal of Environmental Quality (2004) 33: 1509-1520
- Acta Horticulturae (2008) 782: 241-244
- Organic Eprints. 2008
- Applied Soil Ecology (2012) 58: 45-55
- Pedobiologia (2012) 55: 343-347
- Compost Science and Utilization (2005) 13: 252- 261
- Compost Science & Utilization (2005) 13: 150-156
- Acta Horticulturae (2008) 782: 223-228
Compost effects on soils and nutrients
- Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2010) 90: 341-354
- Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2010) 90:103-111
- Journal of Environmental Quality (2012) 41: 1337-1347
- Applied Soil Ecology (2012) 52: 29-41
- Acta Horticulturae (2001) 549: 123-130
- Biology and Fertility of Soils (2010) 46: 407-413
- Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2012) 92: 711-712
- Bioresource Technology (2005) 96: 419-427
- Journal of Environmental Quality (2004) 33: 1509-1520
- Journal of Environmental Quality (2004) 33: 1509-1520
- Journal of Environmental Quality (2004) 33: 1509-1520
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 221: 60-70
- Soil Science Society of America Journal (2011) 76: 278-285
- Journal of Agricultural Science (2008) 146: 677-687
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2006) 38: 103-114
Compost effects on pathogens, antibiotics and GMOs
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2010) 90: 650-657
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2014) 39: 3-18
- Crop Protection (2002) 21: 583-587
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2010) 42: 626-634
- Compost Science & Utilization (2002) 10: 313-338
- HortScience (2013) 48: 510-512
- Organic Agriculture (2012) 1: 203-216
- Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology (2012). 34: 51-57
- HortTechnology (2017) 27: 162-165
- Biological Control (2010) 54: 46-51
- USDA ARS. 2008
- European Journal of Plant Pathology (2006) 116: 267-278
- Acta Horticulturae (2009) 819: 125-134
- European Journal of Plant Pathology (2005) 111: 101-112
- Crop Protection (2009) 28: 97-103
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2006) 38: 2461-2477
- Acta Horticulturae (2008) 779: 39-49
Composting and compost application
- Agronomy Journal (2010) 102: 1283-1289
- HortTechnology (2005) 15: 52-57
- Acta Horticulturae (2009) 819: 367-372
Compost teas
- Biological Control (2014) 80: 63-69
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2009) 89: 390–397
- HortScience (2013) 48: 510-512
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- Compost Science & Utilization (2002) 10: 313-338
- Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology (2012) 34: 51-57
Vermicompost
- HortScience (2010) 45: 1510-1515
- HortScience (2005) 40: 2020-2023
- HortScience (2012) 47: 1722-1728
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2015) 95: 1143-1156
- Scientia Horticulturae (2007) 112: 191-199