LETTUCE GROWTH IN EXTREME CONDITIONS

Authors

  • Tjasa Jug Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia, Nova Gorica Institute for Agriculture and Forestry, Pri hrastu 18, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
  • Ber Slamic Nova Gorica Gymnasium, Delpinova street 9, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9755/ejfa.2016-04-340

Keywords:

nutrients, lettuce, hydroponics, mobility

Abstract

Over-fertilization is one of important environmental problems, butalso affects plant nutritional status. To investigate the influence of over-fertilization on leaf mineral content, lettuce was hydroponically grown at higher nutrients concentrations.
The experiment revealed no significant differences in leaf mineral content and root length between treatments, but we have observed much bigger variability of data at the lowest concentration. Similar trend has been observed comparing mobilities: more nutrients there are in a solution, significantly smaller the variability between plants is. Obviously, plants need to compete between each other at lower nutrients availability for their uptake, which increases variability, but not at higher.

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Published

2017-11-04

How to Cite

Jug, T., and B. Slamic. “LETTUCE GROWTH IN EXTREME CONDITIONS”. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture, vol. 28, no. 6, Nov. 2017, pp. 398-01, doi:10.9755/ejfa.2016-04-340.

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