LIFE17 ENV/IT7000347 SUBSED (DTA.AD005.217)

Thematic area

Earth system science and environmental technologies

Project area

Structure responsible for the research project

Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET)

Project manager

GRAZIA MASCIANDARO
Phone number: 0506212480
Email: grazia.masciandaro@cnr.it

Abstract

The main aim of the SUBSED project is to demonstrate that is possible convert a waste (the dredged marine sediment) into a supply (a commercial substrate) through the application of environmentally and economically sustainable techniques. In order to achieve the purpose sediment-based substrates will be applied to nursery production of ornamentals (laurel) and fruit trees (olive and citrus), and to cultivation of non food crops (protea, calla lily, laurel) and food crops (basil, blueberry, woodland strawberry and citrus). The project will demonstrate the great potentials of the innovative sediment-based substrate through the nursery production and cultivation of different food/non food crops at farm scale in Italy and Spain. The performance of the new substrate will be demonstrated by comparison with the typical production of the same crop cultivated on a peat-based commercial substrate. The SUBSED project will also highlight the current legislative and cultural reasons for hindrance in the use of innovative substrates in agriculture and will produce guidelines for a safe and sustainable use of sediments as constituents of a substrate

Start date of activity

01/10/2018

Keywords

riciclaggio sedimenti, agricoltura

Last update: 25/08/2025