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Advances in Soilless Culture and Growing Media in Today’s Horticulture—An Editorial

Agronomy, 2022
The soilless culture system is a promising, intensive, and sustainable approach with various advantages for plant production. The Special Issue “Soilless Culture, Growing Media, and Horticultural Plants” includes 22 original papers and 1 review written ...
Nazim S. Gruda
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Overview of Soilless Agriculture Systems: Advantages and Disadvantages [PDF]

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering
Soilless agriculture presents a promising alternative to traditional farming systems in regions facing soil degradation, fast urbanization, water scarcity, and environmental stress, particularly in arid regions.
Eman farahat, M. El-Shazly, A. Taha, M. Elseedy   +3 more
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Conception and Development of Recycled Raw Materials (Coconut Fiber and Bagasse)-Based Substrates Enriched with Soil Microorganisms (Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Trichoderma spp. and Pseudomonas spp.) for the Soilless Cultivation of Tomato (S. lycopersicum)

Agronomy, 2022
The global production quantity and the utilisation area harvested for the cultivation of tomatoes have significantly increased in the last three decades.
Sylvie Masquelier, Tommaso Sozzi, Janie Camille Bouvet, Jérôme Bésiers, Jean-Marc Deogratias   +4 more
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Design Of Intelligent Balcony Agricultural Cultivation Equipment [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
The original design of a new type of intelligent balcony agricultural cultivation equipment, the equipment mainly includes two parts: cultivation room and cultivation trough.
Yang Wenxiong
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Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis Provides Insights into the Fruit Quality and Yield Improvement in Tomato under Soilless Substrate-Based Cultivation

Agronomy, 2022
The effects of soilless substrate-based versus soil cultivation on overall fruit quality and yield in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) were studied using the tomato cv. Zhonghua Lvbao.
Jinghua Guo, Lingdi Dong, Shyam L. Kandel, Yonggang Jiao, Linqi Shi, Yubo Yang, Ainong Shi, Beiquan Mou   +7 more
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Soilless Cultivation Technique, Hydroponics- A Review

Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2022
In India, with a growing population, soil and water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, highlighting the importance of maximising their usage for crop production. Due to urbanization, climate change, natural disasters and the indiscriminate application of herbicides and pesticides, all of which are reducing land fertility, poor yield and ...
Ch. Sujani Rao, Boreddy Sreenivasula Reddy, A. Mani, H. V. Hema Kumar, R. Sudha Rani   +4 more
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STUDYING THE GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF SAFFRON UNDER DIFFERENT AGRICULTURE TECHNIQUES

The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural science, 2023
This study was conducted at Abi – Jarash farm, Damascus, Syria, during 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 growing seasons. The aim of this study was comparing the effect of three different cultivation techniques of saffron (Crocus sativus L.), which were soilless ...
Razan K, R. Aziz, K. Al-Maari, F. Al-biski   +3 more
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Bio-Fertilizers Reduced the Need for Mineral Fertilizers in Soilless-Grown Capia Pepper

Horticulturae, 2023
Soilless cultivation is extensively used in the greenhouse industry. Recently, hydroponic cultivation of capia pepper has become popular among growers.
Hayriye Yildiz Dasgan, Mehmet Yilmaz, Sultan Dere, Boran Ikiz, Nazim S. Gruda   +4 more
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Smart and cost-effective soilless farming for high value vegetables: A new avenue for urban entrepreneurship [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Rapid urbanization, shrinking cultivable land, climate change, and deterioration of soil health have posed serious challenges to conventional vegetable production systems.
Thapa Umesh
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The effect of silicon and calcium additives on the growth of selected groups of microorganisms in substrate used in soilless cultivation of strawberries

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus, 2022
The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of silicon (Si) and calcium (Ca) added to the substrate (perlite or its mixture with peat) used in soilless strawberry cultivation on the number of different groups of microorganisms in the substrate ...
Krzysztof Frączek, Karol Bulski, Tomasz Zaleski   +2 more
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