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Characterization of Physicochemical and Hydraulic Properties of Organic and Mineral Soilless Culture Substrates and Mixtures

open access: yesAgronomy, 2020
Many arid and semiarid regions of the world face serious water shortages that are projected to have significant adverse impacts on irrigated agriculture and create unprecedented challenges for providing food and water security for the rapidly growing ...
Mohammad R. Gohardoust   +3 more
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Date-Palm Compost as Soilless Substrate Improves Plant Growth, Photosynthesis, Yield and Phytochemical Quality of Greenhouse Melon (Cucumis melo L.)

open access: yesAgronomy, 2023
The selection of adequate substrate for soilless culture is based on technical and economic considerations. Therefore, the search for alternatives by the valorization of natural by-products is gaining importance.
Samir Aydi   +6 more
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Advances in soilless cultivation technology of horticultural crops: Review

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2022
The burgeoning population and climate change posing a challenge to meet the sufficient and quality food, fodder and fuel demand in 2050.The cultivable land is also shrinking due to industrialization and urbanization as the availability was 0.50 ha in ...
RAVI GAUTAM   +9 more
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Glass foam granulate as growing medium for tomato and cucumber [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Glass foam granulate was evaluated for use as a horticultural rooting medium with laboratory tests and cultivation experiments. The laboratory tests included moisture characteristics, rehydration rate and pH buffering analyses.
Blok, C., Chizhmak, S., Winkel, A., van
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Effect of different plant bio-stimulants in improving cucumber growth under soilless culture

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Biological Research, 2021
There are more studies about plant bio-stimulants but no clear results about which is the best one in improving vegetable crops specially cucumber. The aim of this study is  to screen the effect of various bio-stimulants in improving cucumber (Cucumis ...
Sayed Hussein Abdelgalil   +5 more
doaj  

Cherry and fresh market tomatoes: Differences in chemical, morphological, and sensory traits and their implications for consumer acceptance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The tomato commercial groups cherry and fresh market, mainly classified by fruit size, have clearly segregated markets. We aimed to estimate the variation within and between these groups and to analyze factors that impact consumer acceptance. To this end,
Casals Missio, Joan   +4 more
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Responses of cucumber to deficient and toxic amounts of nickel in nutrient solution containing urea as nitrogen source

open access: yesBiologia Plantarum, 2014
Nickel (Ni) is an irreplaceable component of urease which reduces urea toxicity, but excess of Ni has detrimental effects on plant growth. The responses of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cvs. Negin and Dominus) plants supplied with urea as sole N source to
A. H. Khoshgoftarmanesh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Soilless Culture a Sustainable Form of Agriculture?

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2023
A soilless culture system (SCS) is a technique used for plant production that has recently become increasingly popular [...]
Nazim S. Gruda   +2 more
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Economic analysis of organic greenhouse lettuce production in Turkey. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Health issues and environmental concerns have drawn the attention to organic agriculture aiming to protect the natural balance and to produce without damaging the environment. This study aims determining economic feasibility of organic greenhouse lettuce
Engindeniz, Sait, Tuzel, Yuksel
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Impact of shortened crop rotation of oilseed rape on soil and rhizosphere microbial diversity in relation to yield decline [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Oilseed rape (OSR) grown in monoculture shows a decline in yield relative to virgin OSR of up to 25%, but the mechanisms responsible are unknown. A long term field experiment of OSR grown in a range of rotations with wheat was used to determine whether ...
AJ Bennett   +43 more
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