Common chicory production in aquaponics and in soil fertilized with aquaponic sludge

Sustainable Agricultural Engineering Technologies and Applications

“…Evaluating the yield of common chicory (Cichorium intybus), grown in aquaponics, in soil fertilized with particulate fractions from Nile tilapia farming, as well as with chemical fertilization, observed that, the aquaponic system expressed higher yields during the first harvest cycle, during the second harvest cycle, the parameters of number of leaves, fresh matter and dry matter showed higher values for the plants fertilized with the aquaculture particulate fractions than those treated with chemical fertilization. These results suggest a cumulative effect of nutrients in the soil after successive applications of aquaponic particulate fractions, therefore, they can be a viable option to fertilize vegetables in the soil and obtain similar and possibly higher yields than those of traditional mineral fertilization [101]. Therefore, metabolic waste generated in aquaculture aquaponics practices is not seen as a pollutant but rather as a strategic sector to make fertilizing sources for culture nutrition, avoiding the damages caused by eutrophication in the environment generated by aquaculture [18,43,102].…”

“…Various researchers have found that the k value increases with higher moisture content and higher temperature [84,100,101]. The degradation rate constant (k) value for the biodegradation of the organic fraction of MSW under the climatic conditions (annual rainfall) of Karachi is determined by understanding the waste decomposition dynamics using Equation (5) and considering the total annual rainfall, 176 mm, as reported by [19,102].…”

Performance growth and survival of Hemibagrus nemurus with probiotic application on aquaponics

“…Hemibagrus numerous is a freshwater fish commodity local in Indonesia. Currently, its cultivation business has grown in the community because it has a good market share at high prices [1]. This fish is commonly consumed fresh or processed form (smoked fish).…”

“…This fish is commonly consumed fresh or processed form (smoked fish). The increasing productivity of fish is using aquaponics technology, a combination of fish and plant cultivation [1,2].…”

“…One way of cultivation that can be applied to increase the Productivity of catfish is to use aquaponics technology, a combination of fish and plant cultivation (vegetables) [1,2]. Aquaponics technology produces fish optimally on narrow land and limited water sources.…”