A Review of the Available Literature on the Use of Organo-Mineral Fertilizers (OMF) for Food Production in the World and Turkiye

Yıldız N., Dizikısa T.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, cilt.13, sa.12, ss.28-35, 2022 (Scopus)

Özet

Reducing the environmental impact and increasing the nutrient use efficiency of organic fertilizers require technological developments for the adequate use of organic residues in agriculture all over the world. Organic matter content differs in the vast majority of soils. However, with the widespread use of chemical fertilizers, the resources that were used in the past and that contributed to the organic matter content of the soil became unusable and even these resources began to be considered as waste. Soil organic matter is one of the key indicators not only for agricultural productivity but also for environmental resilience. Intensive monoculture agriculture, erosion, tillage, chemical fertilizers and pesticides reduce soil organic matter. The basis of sustainable agricultural practices is based on practices that protect and improve the amount of organic matter and soil organisms. One of these applications is the use of organo-mineral fertilizers (OMF) in fertilization. Studies have shown that the effects of organomineral fertilizers on yield are variable. Accordingly, in some studies, it resulted higher yields than mineral fertilizers and in the other studies lower yields were observed. On the other hand, it also noted that the yield values obtained from organomineral and mineral fertilizer applications are mostly close to each other. Although there is some limited information on the use of organomineral fertilizers in cereal crops, most research has been done on vegetables, fruits and specialty crops. Overall, research has shown that organomineral fertilizers can improve plant growth parameters such as yield and nutrient uptake to a greater degree than the use of fertilizers or fertilizers alone. This review presents a review of the available literature on the use of organo mineral fertilizers for food production. Index Terms—Organo mineral fertilizers, soil fertility, plants parameters, organic fertilizers, environmental, organic matter, mineral fertiliz