Compost and Compost Tea from On-Farm Composted Agro-Wastes Improve the Sustainability of Horticultural Organic Cropping Systems

This chapter highlights the main advantages of the bio-composting of agro-wastes from different feedstocks for improving the sustainability of horticultural cropping systems managed under organic cultivation systems. The purpose is to focus the knowledge acquired on the use of suppressive compost and compost tea in horticulture, in the field of both phytosanitary defence and plant growth promotion. This contribution is mainly addressed to farmers and growers by describing the most promising t...

Biofuel co-products for livestock feed

Although the production of second generation biofuels from residual biomass is considered less expensive than the first and third generation ones, nevertheless it is considered still not sufficiently cost competitive in the fuel global market, unless were taken into account some spot markets or specific market segments, since their marginal profits are still too low and often negligible over fossil-based fuels for power generation. This chapter describes the feedstock for producing both tradi...

Zno nanostructures deposited by laser ablation

How Investigators Can Answer More Complex Questions About Assess Concrete Strength and Lessons to Draw from a Benchmark

This benchmark aims to assess mean compressive strength at several scales and to identify the location and characteristics of possible weak areas in the structure. It concerns synthetic data simulated on a group of four concrete cylindrical structures of identical dimensions with different kinds of strength distribution, based on a real case study. After having received the test results corresponding to their request (non-destructive or destructive), all the experts have to analyze these data...