Grape bagasse vermicomposting: a source of high quality organic amendment and bioactive polyphenols

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Hugo Martínez-Cordeiro
Universidade de Vigo
Spain
Marta Álvarez-Casas
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Marta Lores
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Jorge Domínguez
Universidade de Vigo
Spain
No 9 (2013), Original articles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/rr.id1696
Submitted: 06-02-2014 Accepted: 06-02-2014
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Grape marc is a winery waste generated in large quantities in regions such as Galicia (Spain). It has high polyphenol concentrations that inhibit the growth of roots and plants and that could become a risk in using it as organic amendment in agriculture without pretreatment process. Polyphenols are natural bioactive compounds that for their antioxidant properties and other associated properties are important substances considered in obtaining ingredients for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or food industry. In
this experiment we performed a vermicomposting process with grape marc from the Albariño variety. The main physical, biological and chemical changes (particularly, polyphenolics) during the degradation process have been studied. After 42 days of vermicomposting, the isolated seeds still have high concentrations of polyphenols with important industrial interest. The polyphenolic content of the vermicomposted grape marc was decreasing rapidly until the end of the process (day 112); and a mature, stable and high quality vermicompost was obtained for use as organic fertilizer on crops.

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Winery waste, polyphenolic compounds, vermirreactor, earthworm, vermicompost
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