15/09/2025
🚨 New Research Alert! 🍊🌱
Efficacy of bio-composted agricultural wastes and biocontrol agents in improving soil fertility and controlling dry root rot in King mandarin (Citrus nobilis) orchards
Highlights:
🌾 Bio-fertilizers improved soil fertility (organic matter, pH, N, P, K)
🦠 Reduced Fusarium solani densities and suppressed DRR by up to 82.5%
🍊 Produced 3.5× higher fruit yield compared to conventional methods
🌱 Used rice straw composted with native fungal inoculants (Trichoderma asperellum & Gongronella butleri)
♻️ Sustainable, eco-friendly solution for soil health and disease control
📘 Article title: Efficacy of bio-composted agricultural wastes and biocontrol agents in improving soil fertility and controlling dry root rot in King mandarin (Citrus nobilis) orchards
📚 Journal: Agriculture and Natural Resources (formerly Kasetsart Journal: Natural Science)
🗂️ Volume 59, Issue 4, Jul–Aug 2025
📄 Article No.: 590403
🔢 ISSN: 2452-316X (0075-5192)
📖 Read the full article: doi.org/10.34044/j.anres.2025.59.4.03
👩🔬 Authors: Anh Thy Thi Chau, Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Anh Thu Tat, Guong Thi Vo