Demand for Asian vegetables is rising rapidly due to changing demographics and increasing consumer awareness of their health benefits. However, growers are not familiar with growing these “foreign” crops insufficient technical information regarding suitable cultivars different regions, production schedules, disease pest susceptibility, postharvest management. The objective this study was conduc...

When lettuce seeds are imbibed and subjected to high temperature for periods of 72 h or more, dormancy known as thermodormaney is induced. Priming of three cultivars of lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.) seeds in 1% (w/v) K3P O4 for 20 h in the dark reduced thermodormaney. Addition of 100 mg 6-benzyladenine (BA)/liter to the priming solution increased germination in petri dishes at 35C in ‘Green Lake...

A study was conducted to determine the effects of liquid organic fertilizers as well boron (B) application on growth Solanum Lycopersicon (tomato) in soilless culture media which using cocopeat media. There were 16 treatments with 5 replications, including Controls (unapplied and AB fertilizer), (fish amino acid [FAA] shrimp extract [SE]) B application. Each experiment carried out for 8 weeks a...

Nitrogen is a major plant macronutrient and its supply affects the entire metabolism of plants. This study evaluated effect different nitrogen concentrations in nutrient solution: 0, 4.2, 8.4, 12.6 mg L?1 Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) var. Inca plants an open soilless culture system under greenhouse conditions on concentration chlorophylls, carotenoids, phenolics, flavonoids derived from...

In the current scenario of human-driven climate change, extreme weather events will likely affect agricultural production worldwide. Soilless systems have recently arisen as a solution to optimize use natural resources, such water and soil, hence contribute reducing environmental impact agriculture. However, nutritional imbalance due adverse factors, drought, high temperatures, salinity, might ...