Effect of Soilless Growing Media on Yield and Quality of  Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under Tropical Island Condition

Subramani, T.; Gangaiah, B.; Baskaran, V.; Swain, S. K.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2020.905.239

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“…Other minerals like vermiculite and perlite are used to aid with water retention and aeration. Subramani et al [41] studied different combinations of cocopeat, vermiculite, cocopeat, perlite, sand, and sawdust on tomato hybrid 'Arka Rakshak'. The results showed that among the various growth media, cocopeat + saw dust (1:1 v/v) yielded the highest fruits per plant (12.33), fruit weight (51.2 g/fruit), and fruit yield (631 g/plant), and was comparable to coco peat + vermiculite + sawdust (1:1:2).…”

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Trends in Hydroponics Practice/Technology in Horticultural Crops: A Review

Vikanksha

Singh²

2023

IJPSS

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Currently, hydroponics, a soilless production method, promises to deliver high quality, nutritious, fresh, residue-free crops, overcoming the problems of climate change, freshwater shortage, necessity of fertile land, and the overwhelming requirement of the expanding food demand. Hydroponics production is now garnering prominence across the world because of its effective resource management and cultivation of high value crops. Developed nations like Netherlands, Australia, France, England, Israel, Canada, and the United States are among the world leaders in hydroponic innovation/cultivation. Certain advantages of this technology include shorter crop growth times than traditional crop soil-based, year-round output, low disease, and insect attack, and removal of several labour-intensive intercultural procedures such as weeding, spraying and watering. Nutrient film technique has been successfully employed in the large-scale cultivation of leafy and other vegetables across the world with water savings of 70 to 90%. Commercial hydroponic technology must be successfully implemented, thus it's essential to devise low-cost methods that seem to be simple to use and sustain, need less manpower altogether, and have reduced installation and function costs. Therefore, hydroponics could represent a superior approach to grow various fruits, vegetables, and livestock feed in addition to fulfil the upcoming need for world nutrition.

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Trends in Hydroponics Practice/Technology in Horticultural Crops: A Review

Vikanksha

Singh²

2023

IJPSS

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“…Successful cultivation of vegetables and ornamental plants in hydroponic systems using different substrates and nutrient solutions have been reported: for example, carrot in rockwool blocks containing vermiculite with a supply of nutrient solutions through subsurface irrigation in a greenhouse, watermelon grown in aeroponics by NFT, lettuce raised in polystyrene foam + pots with discharge of three nutrient solutions through a floating system in a greenhouse, ginger in pots supplemented coir dust and burnt paddy husk in different proportions with MARDI nutrient solution through irrigation channels in a side-netted rain shelter, green beans in pots supplemented with peat, perlite, and sand with a supply of nutrient solution through subsurface irrigation, broccoli grown in rockwool with supply of Hoagland nutrient solution in a multitunnel greenhouse, kohlrabi ( Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes ) with NFT in a greenhouse, rhododendron flower production in containers containing mixtures of bark, sphagnum peat moss, perlite, and vermiculite, hybrid lily in plastic bags containing cocopeat, perlite, and palm trunk in different proportions with discharge of nutrient solution, mustard in hydroponics and aquaponics, tomato, and tomato, cucumber, eggplant, chili pepper, carrot, lettuce, and spinach in an open roof top system …”

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Crop Hydroponics, Phyto-hydroponics, Crop Production, and Factors Affecting Soilless Culture

Sharma

Manpoong

Devadas³

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Soilless culture is emerging as a popular tool to grow agricultural and horticultural crops in open systems, closed systems, protected cultivation, vertical farming, and soil affected or stress-affected areas. The climatic factors and biometabolism are integrated in stimulating quality phenological growth and biochemical and physiological processes in soilless crop production. Soilless crop production (SCP) has immense potential to build a soilless green revolution and for sustaining crop production. Information on substrate and water based culture collected for the period from 1996 to 2022 is reviewed and analyzed in this work. The performance of crops in soilless culture improves morphological and physiological parameters compared with soil based cultivation. The distinct environmental factors positively influence soilless culture to exhibit cellular processes, biological processes, molecular processes, and the ecosystem in the crop. The impacts of ecological factors are more efficient in closed systems compared with open systems. The salient features of metabolites and biometabolism in substrate based media were identified with transcriptome analysis and found to be different compared with soil based cultivation. Developing simple nutrient formulations suited for soilless culture is essential to popularize this technology among marginal farmers.

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“…Soilless culture systems that utilize organic waste media such as cocopeat or burnt husks also using polybags or pots have been widely used in the cultivation of commercial horticultural commodities such as melons [8]; tomatoes [9][10][11], orchids [12,13], anthurium [14]. These studies show that cocopeat or husk charcoal can be used to substitute soil in various horticultural crops, and resulted in optimal plant growth.…”

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The differences in true seed shallot nursery growth due to effect of type and thickness media

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Currently, botanical seeds of shallots or the true seed shallot (TSS) are becoming more accessible. The problem is that seeding botanical seeds requires the proper media to support the seeds to grow healthy and produce tubers as qualified as that from tuber seeds. The study aimed to obtain the seedling media's type and thickness to support optimal TSS growth. The study was arranged in a factorial design with two treatment factors: media type and media thickness. The environmental design is a Split Plot, with the main plot being a media type consisting of soil (soil + organic fertilizer + husk charcoal) and cocopeat (cocopeat + organic fertilizer + husk charcoal) as sub-plots is the thickness of the planting medium, with two levels of 3 and 5 cm, with five replications. The results showed that based on shoot length, stem diameter, root length, and total chlorophyll content, it was found that soil and cocopeat media with a thickness of 5 cm gave the best vegetative growth as well as the chlorophyll content compared to soil and cocopeat media with a thickness of 3 cm. The results of this study provide information that using media with a thickness of 5 cm gives better seed growth than media of 3 cm.

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Effect of Soilless Growing Media on Yield and Quality of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under Tropical Island Condition

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Trends in Hydroponics Practice/Technology in Horticultural Crops: A Review

Trends in Hydroponics Practice/Technology in Horticultural Crops: A Review

Crop Hydroponics, Phyto-hydroponics, Crop Production, and Factors Affecting Soilless Culture

The differences in true seed shallot nursery growth due to effect of type and thickness media

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