Database research record2024·Global
Can vermicompost mitigate water stress & pest pressure on zucchini?
Zzimbe, Adrian, Fuoss, Kylie, Armas, Joelle, Blubaugh, Carmen
SPARK Scholarship at Parkland (Parkland College)
Urban Farm DB summary
This experiment examines how water stress and vermicompost interactively shape pest attraction in urban agriculture, which faces challenges like water access and pest pressure. Vermicompost is hypothesized to mitigate water stress by enhancing organic matter and humic acids to improve water retention, and to relieve pest pressure by enhancing plant defensive chemistry.