Bioprocess to produce biostimulants/biofertilizers based on microalgae grown using piggery wastewater as nutrient source

Ferreira, Alice; Corrêa, Diego O.; Ribeiro, Belina; Silva, Teresa Lopes da; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; Acién, F. Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa

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Ferreira, Alice

Corrêa, Diego O.

Ribeiro, Belina

Silva, Teresa Lopes da

Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia

Acién, F. Gabriel

Gouveia, Luisa

Abstract(s)

In the present work, two downstream processes - high-pressure homogenization at 100 (HPH-100) and 1200 bar (HPH-1200), and enzymatic hydrolysis (EH) - were tested to produce biostimulant extracts from Tetradesmus obliquus grown in piggery wastewater at two concentrations (12.8 and 88.3 g/L). Extracts before and after centrifugation (C) were evaluated in four bioassays using garden cress (germination), mung bean (auxin-like activity), and cucumber (auxin- and cytokinin-like activity) relative to distilled water. The initial microalgal culture, without any treatment, had the best germination results (162 % at 0.2 g/L) and the only one that showed cytokinin-like activity (141 % at 0.5 g/L). In both auxin-like bioassays, the HPH-1200 + C and EH + C originated high values (186 and 155 % for cucumber, 290 and 285 % for mung bean, respectively). For mung bean, the HPH-1200 achieved the highest auxin-like effect (378 %). Finally, the extracted biomass contained essential nutrients for biofertilization, complementing the biostimulant extracts for sustainable agriculture application.