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Horticulturae, Volume 8, Issue 2

February 2022 - 102 articles

Cover Story: Aquaponics combines raising fish and growing plants by recycling water and nutrients to reduce water consumption and reliance on chemical fertilizers. Decoupled aquaponics systems send mineralized fish effluent and wastewater unidirectionally to an independent hydroponic loop which allows for pH adjustments and complementary nutrient additions. In this study, basil was grown in decoupled aquaponic (DAP), nutrient-complemented decoupled aquaponic (DAP+), or chemical-based conventional hydroponic (CON) nutrient solutions for 21 days at pH 5.8. We found that adding a targeted blend of complementary nutrients to a decoupled aquaponic solution enhanced basil performance to be similar, but not equal, to a conventional hydroponic solution. Further research is needed in this exciting field. View this paper
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Articles (102)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,845 Views
21 Pages

According to the law of energy conservation, the energy consumed by plants to resist adversity is equal to the difference between photosynthetic energy and growth energy consumption and cellular metabolic energy in plants. The cellular metabolic ener...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,554 Views
18 Pages

Effects of Integrated and Organic Management on Strawberry (cv. Camarosa) Plant Growth, Nutrition, Fruit Yield, Quality, Nutraceutical Characteristics, and Soil Fertility Status

  • Peter Anargyrou Roussos,
  • Athanassios Triantafillidis,
  • Evaggelos Kepolas,
  • Panagiotis Peppas,
  • Anastassia Piou,
  • Maria Zoti and
  • Dionisios Gasparatos

Strawberry plants (cv. Camarosa) were cultivated under organic (ORG) and integrated management (INT) practices to assess possible differences in plant growth, fruit production and quality, soil fertility, and plant nutrition. Two integrated fertilize...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,591 Views
17 Pages

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Sex-Biased Expression of Hormone-Related Genes at an Early Stage of Sex Differentiation in Red Bayberry (Morella rubra)

  • Huimin Jia,
  • Lan Zhao,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Hongxia Wu,
  • Haibo Zhao,
  • Yifan Zhu,
  • Yun Jiao,
  • Guoyun Wang,
  • Chaochao Zhou and
  • Chunhui Huang
  • + 2 authors

The molecular mechanism of sex development and differentiation in the economically important dioecious fruit tree, red bayberry (Morella rubra), was revealed using next-generation transcriptome sequencing (NGS), and comparative analyses were used to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,917 Views
24 Pages

Comparison of Risk Assessment Schemes in GHPs and HACCP, FSMA Preventive Controls for Human Food, ISO 22000, and GFSI Recognized Standards with Risk Scoring Guidance in General Use with Fresh Produce

  • Suwimol Surareungchai,
  • Chaleeda Borompichaichartkul,
  • Chitsiri Rachtanapun,
  • Nutthachai Pongprasert,
  • Pongphen Jitareerat and
  • Varit Srilaong

The intention of this qualitative research study was to provide a basic risk concept by comparing food risk assessment schemes and preparing general food risk scoring guidance for developing a simple and reliable practical fruit and vegetable qualita...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,090 Views
13 Pages

Sea Buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides and Fruit Flies Rhagoletis batava: Search for Volatile Semiochemicals Involved in Pest Attraction

  • Laima Blažytė-Čereškienė,
  • Vincas Būda,
  • Violeta Apšegaitė,
  • Sandra Radžiutė,
  • Jurga Būdienė,
  • Dominykas Aleknavičius and
  • Raimondas Mozūraitis

Rhagoletis batava (Diptera: Tephritidae), is the most important pest of Hippophae rhamnoides fruits. For detection and monitoring of R. batava, traps supplied with nonspecific attractants are used. Thus, new, more specific attractants for environment...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,655 Views
14 Pages

Plant electrical signals can quickly respond to the shifting environment. Almost all life activities of plants are dependent on water. The measurement of plant electrophysiological indices provides a more convenient method for studying the intracellu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,320 Views
18 Pages

Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) anthracnose, predominantly caused by Colletotrichum horii, is a destructive disease of persimmon. Thus, the evaluation of resistance resources is imperative for persimmon breeding and resistant variety deployment. In this s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
26,728 Views
11 Pages

Lettuce is an important vegetable in horticulture, but information about the interactive effects of light and temperature on its photosynthetic characteristics was inadequate. This work investigated the effects of three temperatures (15/10 (T15), 23/...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
3,717 Views
13 Pages

Graded Moisture Deficit Effect on Secondary Metabolites, Antioxidant, and Inhibitory Enzyme Activities in Leaf Extracts of Rosa damascena Mill. var. trigentipetala

  • Kamel Hessini,
  • Hanen Wasli,
  • Hatim M. Al-Yasi,
  • Esmat F. Ali,
  • Ahmed A. Issa,
  • Fahmy A. S. Hassan and
  • Kadambot H. M. Siddique

Drought affects plant growth and yield in many agricultural areas worldwide by producing negative water potentials in the root zone that reduce water availability, affecting plant development and metabolism. This study investigated the effect of vary...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,403 Views
21 Pages

Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis Provides Insight into the Key Regulatory Pathways and Differentially Expressed Genes in Blueberry Flower Bud Endo- and Ecodormancy Release

  • Yongqiang Li,
  • Rui Ma,
  • Ruixue Li,
  • Qi Zhao,
  • Zhenzhen Zhang,
  • Yu Zong,
  • Linbo Yao,
  • Wenrong Chen,
  • Li Yang and
  • Fanglei Liao
  • + 2 authors

Endodormancy is the stage that perennial plants must go through to prepare for the next seasonal cycle, and it is also an adaptation that allows plants to survive harsh winters. Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) are known to have high nutritional and comm...

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Horticulturae - ISSN 2311-7524