Influence of biodynamic preparations on compost development and resultant compost extracts on wheat seedling growth [ Reeve et al, 2010 ]

Biodynamic (BD) agriculture, a form of organic agriculture, includes the use of specially fermented prep- arations, but peer-reviewed studies on their efficacy are rare. Composting of a grape pomace and manure mixture was studied in two years (2002 and 2005) with and without the BD compost preparations. Water extracts of …

A review of scientifc research on biodynamic agriculture [ Pacini, 2022 ]

Biodynamic agriculture (BD agriculture) was presented as an alternative form of agriculture by the philosopher Rudolf Steiner and is nowadays considered one of the forms of organic agriculture. The objective of the present manuscript is to critically review international scientifc literature on biodynamic agriculture as published in highly ranked journals …

Biodynamic agriculture research progress and priorities [ Turinek et al, 2009 ]

Biodynamic (BD) agriculture became the subject of research efforts during the past decades, whereas a part of the scientific community looks at the BD method with skepticism and marks it as dogmatic. Nevertheless, as explored in this review, a fair share of the available peer-reviewed research results of controlled field …

Effects of traditional and biodynamic farmyard manure amendment on yields, soil chemical, biochemical and biological properties in a long-term field experiment [ J. G. Zaller, U. Köpke, 2004 ]

Zaller e Koepke hanno studiato gli effetti in 9 anni delle applicazioni di letame di fattoria compostato tradizionalmente (FYM) e due tipi di FYM compostati biodinamicamente sulle proprietà chimiche del suolo, biomassa e respirazione microbica, attività deidrogenasi e saccarasi, tassi di decomposizione e produzione di radici sotto trifoglio, attività e …