Investigating Sugar Kelp’s potential as an environment-friendly biofertilizer for sustainable potato production

The proposed research aims to evaluate different processing techniques to ensure sugar kelp’s safety and stability as a biofertilizer for potato production. And nutrient contents of the processed kelp will be determined, and plot-scale experiments will be conducted to grow potatoes under exclusive and in-combination application of processed sugar kelp with synthetic fertilizers for 2-years. Impacts of the treatments on the soil health and GHG emissions will also be determined. All that will help determine effectiveness of sugar kelp as a biofertilizer for sustainable potato production. The Food Island Partnership is committed to supporting sustainable agriculture in PEI as per its mission. Their guidance and support during the project will help the partners in properly conducting the experiments. And its accelerated dissemination and widescale adoption causing safe transitioning to more sustainable agriculture and socioeconomic development, as per its mission.

Faculty Supervisor:

Gurpreet S. Selopal;Aitazaz Farooque;Aitazaz Farooque;Gurpreet S. Selopal

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Partner:

Food Island Partnership

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Dalhousie University; University of Prince Edward Island

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