I made a small study on the regulation of compost hygienisation. There is a lot of literature on this topic, but taken together, the results are quite confusing. I present here one example.<\/p>\n
One of the diseases considered a persistent problem for composting is clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae<\/em>. In various recommendations about this topic, it seems that the higher the temperature\/time profile the better the inactivation is. However, if all information on this is summarized in a figure (see above), then the picture is not so evident. In several cases a low temperature and\/or short incubation time also resulted in inactivation (green dots), and in one case even a higher temperature\/time profile did not lead to inactivation (red dots). To my opinion this indicates that the mechanisms of inactivation is not covered by the temperature\/time profile. Other factors are likely involved, perhaps compost moisture content. Also the method by which researchers determine inactivation conditions may affect the recommendations as explained by Wichuk & al. (2011). The data are based on the review by Wichuk & al., 2011, Compost Sci. Util. 19: 244-266.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I made a small study on the regulation of compost hygienisation. There is a lot of literature on this topic,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-compost"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["nl","en"],"languages":{"nl":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"\n