The Academy of Agriculture of Armenia
Principal Investigator and Program Executor
Professor-Academician Dr. Edward M. Hayrabetian, The Academy of Agriculture of Armenia
Collaborating Scientist and Corresponding Investigator
Dr. Anne A. Shirinian, Rutgers State University of New Jersey

Abstract

Green House and open air experiments were performed to show that low-productivity land may become productive, such that plants may produce sufficient harvest with amendments, such as local aluminosilicates Zeolite and Dacite with Nature’s Wonder a peat humic substance. Seeds and seedlings planted in pots, outdoors and outdoors, in amended soils, grew and produced good harvest. It was observed that plants grew faster and were able to produce a greater harvest when Zeolite or Dacite was mix in the soil and treated with nature’s Wonder

Introduction

A new approach was taken using native unpolluted Aluminosilicates, Zeolite and Dacite with high
cation exchange and adsorption capacities, mixed with Nature’s Wonder an organic peat humic substance for the purpose of increasing productivity of land. Aluminosilicates hold the soil solution, rich in nutrients from organic amendments. The soil solution then becomes gradually available to the plant. In addition mobile forms of heavy metals get adsorbed and exchanged, thus becoming immobile and unavailable for plant uptake.

There has been much research performed showing the beneficial effects of humic amendments on plant productivity [Hartung, H.A., 1992; Konradova, M. and Nemcova, L., 1976; Visser, S.A., 1986].
However, the goal of this research is to show the effects of organic peat humic substance from Nature’s Wonder and aluminosilicates on plant productivity in low productive soils .

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