Application of compost elaborated with sugar-cane (Saccharum officinarum L.) crop residues

The sugar cane industrial process generates organic residues, such as filter cake, bagasse and decantation mud, which can be used for composting. In this research their effects as an organic composting material with or without biodynamic preparations were studied, both in the soil and the sugar-cane crop yield. The results indicate that organic composting is an economical and viable alternative, which effectively increases yield, especially when combined with biodynamic preparations. The chemical and biological parameters of the soil do not show significant differences between the treatments.