Abstract

QUEZADA-CRUZ, Maribel; GALICIA-GARCIA, Porfirio Raúl  and  CRUZ-IZQUIERDO, Serafín. Growth of Vicia faba L. seedlings in mixtures of soil with biosolids. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2023, vol.14, n.3, pp.363-374.  Epub June 19, 2023. ISSN 2007-0934.  https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v14i3.3081.

In order to investigate the effect of four biosolids from the dairy, malt, soap and paper industries on the growth and production of biomass of Vicia faba L. seedlings, biosolid:soil mixtures were made in ratios 20:80, 40:60 and 60:40. Physicochemical and microbiological analyses were performed on each biosolid and mixtures. Biosolids showed differences in the presence (MPN) of fecal coliforms from 3 to 1 100, Salmonella sp., from 2 to 3 and from 0 to 16 helminth eggs per g of total solids. The concentration (mg kg-1) of heavy metals in copper was from 0.7 to 1.9, chromium from 0.8 to 2.4, cadmium from 0 to 0.6, zinc from 4.3 to 8.6, nickel from 1.2 to 3.8 and lead from 1.3 to 5.7, without arsenic and mercury. The contaminants were below the permissible limits according to SEMARNAT (2002), in addition, among biosolids the pH varied from 7 to 9.8 and organic material (OM) from 0.3 to 6.2%. Biosolids from the dairy and malt industries incorporated into the soil modified the pH from 8.1 to 7.4, increased OM from 1.2 to 3.5%, the total nitrogen from 7 to 35 mg kg-1 and the available phosphorus from 5 to 25 mg kg-1. At 30 days after sowing in the greenhouse, V. faba seedlings grown in soil with the biosolid from the dairy industry in the highest ratio increased biomass production by 1 145% and length by 342%.

Keywords : Vicia faba L.; heavy metals; biosolids; microbiology.

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