@article{fdi:010085187,
  title = {{M}aking green(s) with black and white : constructing soils for urban agriculture using earthworms, organic and mineral wastes},
  author = {{A}raujo, {J}. {H}. {R}. and {P}ando, {A}nne and {H}artmann, {C}hristian and {A}roui {B}oukbida, {H}anane and {D}esjardins, {T}hierry and {L}erch, {T}. {Z}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}rban agriculture has been of growing interest for a decade because it can address many economic and societal issues in the development of modern cities. {H}owever, urban agriculture is often limited by the availability of fertile and non-contaminated soils in the cities. {R}ecycling excavated mineral wastes from building activities to construct fertile soils may be a more sustainable alternative than the importation of topsoils from rural zones. {T}he present study aims to evaluate the possibility to grow green vegetables on soils made with excavated deep horizon of soils and green waste compost. {D}uring three consecutive seasons, we tested in situ the effects of different amounts of compost (10, 20, and 30%) and the addition of an earthworm species ({L}umbricus terrestris) on the production of lettuce ({L}actuca sativa {L}.), arugula ({E}ruca sativa {M}ill.), and spinach ({S}pinacia oleracea {L}.) in mono- and co-culture. {O}ur results demonstrate that it is possible to reuse mineral and organic urban wastes to engineer soils adapted to agriculture. {H}ere, we observed that higher doses of compost significantly increased plant biomass, especially when earthworms were introduced. {F}or example, in the autumn, going from 10 to 30% of compost in the soil mixture allows to multiply by 2 the arugula biomass, and even by 4 in the presence of earthworms. {T}hese results were partly due to the positive effects of these two factors on soil physical properties (micro- and macro-porosity). {T}his preliminary study also showed that some plants (arugula) are more adapted than others (lettuce) to the soil properties and that it only takes few months to get the highest yields. {T}hese promising results for the development of urban agricultures encourage to test many other combination of plant and earthworm species but also to conduct experiments over long-term periods.},
  keywords = {constructed technosols ; excavated deep soil horizon ; green waste ; compost ; earthworm ; green vegetables ; {FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}rontiers in {E}cology and {E}volution},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {},
  pages = {884134 [10 ]},
  ISSN = {2296-701{X}},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.3389/fevo.2022.884134},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085187},
}