Biostimulant Potential of Scenedesmus obliquus Grown in Brewery Wastewater
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Navarro López, Elvira; Ruiz Nieto, Ángela; Ferreira, Alice; Acién Fernández, Francisco Gabriel; Gouveia, LuisaDate
2020-02-04Abstract
Microalgae are microorganisms with the capacity to contribute to the sustainable and healthy food production, in addition to wastewater treatment. The subject of this work was to determine the potential of Scenedesmus obliquus microalga grown in brewery wastewater to act as a plant biostimulant. The germination index of watercress seeds, as well as the auxin-like activity in mung bean and cucumber, and in the cytokinin-like activity in cucumber bioassays were used to evaluate the biostimulant potential. Several biomass processes were studied, such as centrifugation, ultrasonication and enzymatic hydrolysis, as well as the final concentration of microalgal extracts to determine their influence in the biostimulant activity of the Scenedesmus biomass. The results showed an increase of 40% on the germination index when using the biomass at 0.1 g/L, without any pre-treatment. For auxin-like activity, the best results (up to 60% with respect to control) were obtained at 0.5 g/L of biomass ex...
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wastewater treatment
Scenedesmus obliquus
microalga
biostimulants
germination index
root development