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The study explores the use of wasted olive oil as an alternative fertilizer for dagger cactus (Stenocereus griseus), aiming to reduce environmental waste while enhancing plant growth. It highlights the nutritional benefits of olive oil, including its antioxidants, and its potential to improve the cultivation and production of succulents in urban Manila. The research seeks to make resources more accessible and effective for sustainable agriculture.

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Background of The Study

The study explores the use of wasted olive oil as an alternative fertilizer for dagger cactus (Stenocereus griseus), aiming to reduce environmental waste while enhancing plant growth. It highlights the nutritional benefits of olive oil, including its antioxidants, and its potential to improve the cultivation and production of succulents in urban Manila. The research seeks to make resources more accessible and effective for sustainable agriculture.

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Background of the Study

Dagger cactus (Stenocereus griseus) is a succulent plant that is known for medicinal

purposes, such as religious and ceremonial rituals. In food and beverages, they may also

establish an appetizing taste (Felger, R.S., S. Rutman, J. Malusa, & M.A. Baker., 2014). In

addition, the Dagger cactus can also produce seed on its branches and their species have both

photoblastic and light-insensitive seeds which means they can grow in light and darkness

conditions (De la Barrera, E., & Nobel, P. S. 2003). Visioli et al., (2010) states that the main

source of fat in the Mediterranean region is olive oil. It is often used for religious and spiritual

activities. Moreover, Olive oil can prevent chronic diseases because of its unsaturated fatty acid

(Visioli et al., 2010). However, it can also be a serious environmental concern to dispose of olive

oil waste but Marra et al., (2018) argues that the production of the plant will successfully

increase and suppress diseases if you apply the waste olive oil on its soil. Powerful antioxidants

like vitamin E and K are also present in olive oils that can contribute to plant growth (Visioli &

Galli 2001).

The study aims to utilize wasted olive oil products as an alternative fertilizer to succulent

plants like dagger cactus. It can also minimize waste products in the environment and, at the

same time, can also conserve more cash than simply tossing them out. Olive oil nutrients can

impact the growth and production of the dagger cactus.

In that defined case, part of the objectives is to use these said waste as an advantage to

make Dagger cactus cultivation and production more convenient. It is important to exploit the

resources and make them more accessible and effective to everyone, especially in urban

Manila.
References:

Felger, R. S., Rutman, S. U. S. A. N., Malusa, J., & Baker, M. A. (2014). Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A
flora in southwestern Arizona. Part 7. Eudicots: Cactaceae—Cactus Family. Phytoneuron,
69(1), 1-95.

Jiménez Aguilar, A., & Flores Rivas, J. D. (2010). Effect of light on seed germination of succulent
species from the southern Chihuahuan Desert: comparing germinability and relative
light germination.

De la Barrera, E., & Nobel, P. S. (2003). Physiological ecology of seed germination for the
columnar cactus Stenocereus queretaroensis. Journal of Arid Environments, 53(3), 297-
306.

Visioli, F., Franco, M., Toledo, E., Luchsinger, J., Willett, W. C., Hu, F. B., & Martinez-Gonzalez,
M. A. (2018). Olive oil and prevention of chronic diseases: Summary of an International
conference. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 28(7), 649-656.

Marra, R., Vinale, F., Cesarano, G., Lombardi, N., d’Errico, G., Crasto, A., ... & Bonanomi, G.
(2018). Biochars from olive mill waste have contrasting effects on plants, fungi and
phytoparasitic nematodes. PloS one, 13(6), e0198728.

Visioli, F., & Galli, C. (2001). Antiatherogenic components of olive oil. Current atherosclerosis
reports, 3(1), 64-67.

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