Impact of Organic Soil Amendments on Phytochemicals and Microbial Quality of Rocket Leaves (Eruca sativa)

The effect of soil amendments prepared from organic wastes (sewage sludge and urban solid waste) at two concentrations (45 t ha−1 as D1 and 135 t ha−1 as D2) was evaluated on phytochemicals and microbial quality of rocket, a highly valuable vegetable. The addition of sewage sludge to the soil increa...

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Published in:Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2010-07, Vol.58 (14), p.8331-8337
Main Authors: Selma, María V, Martínez-Sánchez, Ascensión, Allende, Ana, Ros, Margarita, Hernández, María T, Gil, María I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture - methods
anthocyanins
ascorbic acid
Brassicaceae - chemistry
Brassicaceae - growth & development
Brassicaceae - microbiology
Chemical Composition of Foods/Feeds
chemical concentration
crop yield
dehydroascorbic acid
Eruca sativa
flavonoids
flavonols
food composition
food contamination
food pathogens
Food, Organic - analysis
Food, Organic - microbiology
glucosinolates
leaves
maturity stage
microbial contamination
microbiological quality
organic wastes
phytochemicals
Plant Extracts - analysis
Plant Leaves - chemistry
Plant Leaves - growth & development
Plant Leaves - microbiology
sewage sludge
Soil - analysis
soil amendments
vitamin content
water content
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Summary:The effect of soil amendments prepared from organic wastes (sewage sludge and urban solid waste) at two concentrations (45 t ha−1 as D1 and 135 t ha−1 as D2) was evaluated on phytochemicals and microbial quality of rocket, a highly valuable vegetable. The addition of sewage sludge to the soil increased rocket yield 5.5 times compared to control and urban solid waste. Organic amendments increased the water content and the maturity stage of the leaves, which contributed to a reduction in the content of total and individual glucosinolates as well as flavonols and anthocyanins. However, higher content of vitamin C was observed after cultivation with sewage sludge at D2 compared to control leaves (204.6 and 177.4 mg 100 g−1 of fw, respectively). This study shows that sewage sludge at optimum doses can be considered a suitable amendment because of increased crop yield without detrimental effects on phytochemicals, including vitamin C content, when the leaves reached the commercial maturity stage.
ISSN:0021-8561
1520-5118
DOI:10.1021/jf1016187