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Novel strategy for effective utilization of anaerobic digestate as a nutrient medium for crop production in a recirculating deep water culture hydroponics system

Authors: Srisowmeya Guruchandran, Chakravarthy Muninathan, Nandhini Devi Ganesan

Published in: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery | Issue 8/2024

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Anaerobic digestion is considered a potential technique for substantial waste management and valorization. The residual digestate from anaerobic digestion is a promising fertilizer rich in organic content; however, the high concentrations of phytotoxic compounds are an obstacle in the application as nutrients in advanced farming methods. This study aimed at cultivating spinach (Spinacia oleracea) in a recirculating deep water hydroponic system using an anaerobic digestate (AD) as a sole nutrient medium (bioponics). Three different systems were constructed to understand the influence of pH, precolonized biofilter on nutrient availability, nitrification efficiency, plant yield, and nutrient composition. Phytotoxicity study of 5 different leafy greens against varying concentrations of AD revealed that 30% v/v AD showed the highest germination index (GI) and biostimulation effect. Spinach exhibited highest GI of 118%. Influence of pH study revealed the significance of automated pH control and the nitrification efficiency experiments demonstrated the need for a precolonized nitrifying biofilter to efficiently utilize and recover maximum nutrients from AD. The novel approach of including a biofilter component in the system increased the ammonia conversion efficiency by 48% and doubled the overall crop yield. Comparatively, the nutrient composition of the produce from the proposed system was found to be energy-dense and rich in micronutrients.

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Title: Novel strategy for effective utilization of anaerobic digestate as a nutrient medium for crop production in a recirculating deep water culture hydroponics system
Authors: Srisowmeya Guruchandran
Chakravarthy Muninathan
Nandhini Devi Ganesan
Publication date: 23-07-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery / Issue 8/2024
Print ISSN: 2190-6815
Electronic ISSN: 2190-6823
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03109-5

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