Effects of Nutrient Composition and Lettuce Cultivar on Crop Production in Hydroponic Culture
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Lettuce Cultivars
2.3. Hydroponic Components
2.4. Experimental Design
2.5. Data Collection
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Fresh Weight
3.2. Number of Leaves
3.3. Leaf and Root Length
3.4. Chlorophyll Content
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Nutrients | Concentration (ppm) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
N1 | N2 (Control) | N3 | N4 | |
N | 150 | 210 | 250 | 300 |
K | 100 | 235 | 300 | 350 |
Ca | 150 | 200 | 250 | 350 |
P | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 |
B | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Zn | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
Mg | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
Treatments | Growth Parameter | |||
Nutrient Solutions | Fresh Weight (g) | Number of Leaves | Leaf Length (cm) | Root Length (cm) |
Lactuca sativa ‘Buttercrunch’ | ||||
N1 | 57.11 cz | 10 c | 13.24 c | 12.17 c |
N2 (Control) | 91.11 b | 15 b | 21.14 ab | 21.94 b |
N3 | 115.33 a | 20 a | 25.06 a | 27.61 a |
N4 | 82.56 b | 14 b | 18.94 b | 19.34 b |
Lactuca sativa ’Black Seeded Simpson’ | ||||
N1 | 41.94 c | 11 c | 9.75 c | 11.69 b |
N2 (Control) | 81.67 ab | 17 ab | 15.06 b | 22.94 a |
N3 | 93.17 a | 21 a | 19.39 a | 24.67 a |
N4 | 66.06 b | 15 bc | 12.22 bc | 15 b |
Significance | ||||
Nutrients (N) | ** y | ** | ** | ** |
Cultivars (C) | * | NS | * | NS |
N × C | * | NS | NS | NS |
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Sapkota, S.; Sapkota, S.; Liu, Z. Effects of Nutrient Composition and Lettuce Cultivar on Crop Production in Hydroponic Culture. Horticulturae 2019, 5, 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae5040072
Sapkota S, Sapkota S, Liu Z. Effects of Nutrient Composition and Lettuce Cultivar on Crop Production in Hydroponic Culture. Horticulturae. 2019; 5(4):72. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae5040072
Chicago/Turabian StyleSapkota, Sundar, Sanjib Sapkota, and Zhiming Liu. 2019. "Effects of Nutrient Composition and Lettuce Cultivar on Crop Production in Hydroponic Culture" Horticulturae 5, no. 4: 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae5040072
APA StyleSapkota, S., Sapkota, S., & Liu, Z. (2019). Effects of Nutrient Composition and Lettuce Cultivar on Crop Production in Hydroponic Culture. Horticulturae, 5(4), 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae5040072