Modern agriculture requires optimizing available resources to maximize production while minimizing environmental impact without increasing economic costs. Hydroponic agriculture replaces soil with inert media that provide physical support for plants...
The uptake and translocation of Pb, Cr, Cd, and Zn in tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L. Rally) were investigated. Tomato seedlings were grown for five weeks in pots containing 40 L of Hoagland nutrient solution (pH 7) or contaminated nutrient so...
Chitosan (CS) is a natural polymer used in agriculture as a biostimulant that has been evaluated in different plant models. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the foliar application of chitosan–poly(acrylic acid) complexes (CS–PAA)...
Clonal propagation of rust-resistant sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Dougl.) is currently limited by extreme rooting recalcitrance and highly variable donor responses to nursery management. This study identified seed zone-specific nutritional sensitivi...
Microbial-induced carbonate precipitation is an environmentally friendly foundation treatment technology that effectively improves soil engineering performance. The various nutrient components of liquid curing compounds significantly influence the cu...
The aim of this study was to demonstrate how aquacultural sludge can be processed and utilized as an organic nutrient solution (ONS) for hydroponic lettuce production. By using a previous developed method, approximately 80% of the processed sludge wa...
At present, the nutrient solution of soilless culture is mostly configured by simply using the standard fertilizer formula, lacking the precise matching technology of nutrient solutions based on nutrient elements. It is unable to change the formula c...
Efficient management of soil nutrients is essential for optimizing crop production, ensuring sustainable agricultural practices, and addressing the challenges posed by population growth and environmental degradation. Smart agriculture, using advanced...
Growing of ornamental flowering plants represents an important sector of horticulture. Viola × wittrockiana (garden pansy) is used in garden beds and borders due to their colorful blooming, which occurs in early spring and late autumn. Nowadays...
To explore the effect of different nutrient-solution depths on the growth and phytochemicals accumulation of kale, three different nutrient-solution depth treatments (De-1: 1 cm, De-2: 2 cm, and De-3: 3 cm) were applied in the plant factory with arti...
Soilless cultivation is an important alternative to traditional agriculture and facilitates harvest by allowing for the precise control of plant nutrients to maximize the vegetable production of uniform fruits. Nutrient solution concentration is a cr...
The use of water of high electrical conductivity has become common in hydroponic systems, especially in regions with water scarcity. However, the use of inferior-quality water can affect crop yields. In this scenario, some studies have tested the use...
Sustainable hydroponic strawberry cultivation requires precise, real-time management of nutrient solutions to reduce waste and improve resource efficiency for home growers. This work presents an artificial neural network (ANN)-based system that estim...
During the past few decades, vertical farming has attracted a lot of interest as an alternative food production method. Vertical farms use engineered growth environments and hydroponic cultivation techniques for growing plants indoors. One of the imp...
Hydroponics is crucial for providing feasible and economical alternatives when soils are not available for conventional farming. Scholars have raised questions regarding the ideal nutrient solution flow rate to increase the weight and height of hydro...
This study was conducted to develop a nutrient solution for coastal glehnia, evaluate the performance of the newly developed nutrient solution, and determine an adequate electrical conductivity (EC) level for growth and bioactive compounds production...
Potassium (K+) functions as a critical “regulator” and “quality element” in plants, with its physiological roles varying across developmental stages. To clarify the effects of different K+ amounts in nutrient solution on water...
Other than in highland areas, the majority of paprika growers in Republic of Korea transplant during late summer and cultivate when temperatures are relatively low. Additionally, they typically apply European nutrient solutions and hydroponic technol...
This study uses controlled numerical experimentation to comparatively simulate and investigate solute transport and concentration responses and patterns in the Baltic Sea for various solute releases from the land through two different coastal cases....
A plant factory is typically considered to be an exceedingly advanced product management system characterized by higher crop yields and better quality control. The pH value of the nutrient solution is crucial for determining the health and productivi...
Hydroponic sweet basil (O. basilicum L.) farming uses a recirculating nutrient solution that may spread waterborne microbial contamination including algae. Plasma, the fourth state of matter, generates antimicrobial reactive oxygen and nitrogen speci...
Water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC.) is an important vegetable crop. Nutrient liquid culture has become an important cultivation method in the production of water dropwort. However, the effects of different nutrient solution cultivation met...
This study investigated the effects of irrigation with a fully inorganic nutrient solution (control; NNNN) and an organic instead of an inorganic nutrient solution (OIINS) at the flowering–fruit setting (ONNN), fruit expanding (NONN), color tur...
In this study, an ion monitoring system using ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) was developed to maintain nutrient solutions in closed-loop hydroponic systems within plant factories. Based on this monitoring system, an algorithm and individual ion supp...
Traditional soil cultivation of lettuce faces challenges; hydroponic technology offers solutions to improve lettuce production. However, the interrelationships among the root phenotype of lettuce, auxin synthesis and signal transduction, and nutrient...
While forage grasses in southern China exhibit yield and nutritional advantages, the impact of nutrient solutions on alfalfa (Medicago sativa BC4) growth and elemental accumulation remains understudied. We conducted a pot-based controlled substrate c...
Innovation in cultivation methods is essential to address the growing challenges in agriculture, including abiotic and biotic stress, soil degradation, and climate change. Aeroponics, a particular type of hydroponics, presents a promising solution by...
The summer cultivation of lettuce in greenhouses frequently encounters heat stress challenges. In hydroponic systems, cooling the nutrient solution to reduce root zone temperature is an effective strategy to alleviate heat stress. To address the issu...
Developing sustainable strategies for natural resource management and conservation under shifting climatic scenarios is increasingly necessary due to exacerbated abiotic stresses, such as salinity. Under salt stress, several negative effects are obse...
To elucidate how roots respond to hydroponics, we investigated the mechanisms by which nutrient solution flow influences root growth in hydroponic lettuce via phenotypic analysis combined with single-cell RNA sequencing. Nutrient solution flow exerte...
In this paper, we present a nutrient solution control system, designing a nutrient solution electrical conductivity (EC) sensing system composed of multiple long-range radio (LoRa) slave nodes, narrow-band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) master nodes, an...
In order to precisely obtain the impact of nutritional elements on lettuce yield and quality, in the present study, a nutrient solution formula suitable for lettuce hydroponic production was development using response surface methodology based on the...
Genome-scale stoichiometric modeling methods, in particular Flux Balance Analysis (FBA) and variations thereof, are widely used to investigate cell metabolism and to optimize biotechnological processes. Given (1) a metabolic network, which can be rec...
Managing nutrients in recirculating solutions can be challenging in hydroponic production, and poor management practices can rapidly result in root zone nutrient imbalances in reduced yield. Using mass balance principles to formulate hydroponic reple...
Aeroponics efficiently conserves water and fertilizer but faces energy sustainability challenges in maintaining high productivity and quality. This study aimed to identify critical growth phases of lettuce affected by management modes and assess reso...
Horticultural reliance on non-renewable peat faces critical sustainability challenges. Low-temperature biochar (LTB) presents a promising alternative, offering higher biochar yields and lower energy inputs compared to conventional high-temperature bi...
As the demand for high-quality wild greens rises, due to their high nutritional, culinary, and medicinal properties, the potential overexploitation and excessive disruption of their natural habitats bring serious environmental problems to the foregro...
Soilless crop production is spread worldwide. It is a cultivating technique that enhances yield quality and quantity, thus contributing to both food safety and food security. However, in closed-loop soilless crops, the risk of spreading soil-borne pa...
Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is a highly versatile and globally popular culinary herb, and a rich source of aromatic and bioactive compounds. Particularly for leafy vegetables, nutrient management allows a more efficient and sustainable improvem...
Nutrient solution concentration (NSC) is a critical factor affecting plant growth in hydroponics. Here, we investigated the effects of hydroponic NSC on the growth and yield of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) plants. First, sweetpotato cuttin...
Moving food production into the urban and peri-urban areas is one way of facilitating a closed-loop approach, integrating waste handling with food production in order to recirculate nutrients and at the same time reduce the use of mined and fossil re...
Nutrient availability and root-zone oxygen are essential to consider when enhancing productivity and water-use efficiency in soilless crop production. This study examined the effects of three different strengths of Hoagland nutrient solution (50, 75,...
Partial recirculation can reduce water and fertilizer inputs in indoor strawberry production, but excessive reuse may cause ion-specific nutrient-solution drift. We compared 0%, 30%, and 50% recirculation of gross supplied water in a closed two-tier...
We evaluated the effect of a newly-developed nutrient solution of red perilla (NSP) with various electrical conductivity (EC) levels on plant growth, mineral content, and bioactive compounds. Four-week-old seedlings were grown in greenhouse nutrient...
Soilless cultivation has increased in China. Like vegetables or ornamental plants, tomatoes can be cultivated in soilless culture systems. Fusarium wilt (FW) is an economic tomato disease. The nature and amount of volatile organic compounds in Tricho...
The principal difference between hydroponics and other substrate cultivation methods is the flowing liquid hydroponic cultivation substrate. Our previous studies have revealed that a suitable flowing environment of nutrient solution promoted root dev...
The ultimate objective of this research is to concentrate nutrients—nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K)—and produce process water from a chemically pretreated liquid digestate using an FO-RO hybrid process. However, in this ma...
Root morphology, an important determinant of nutrient absorption and plant growth, can adapt to various growth environments to promote survival. Solution flow under hydroponic conditions provides a mechanical stimulus, triggering adaptive biological...
The interacted effects of photoperiod and nutrient solution concentrations (NSCs) on nutritional quality and antioxidant and mineral content in lettuce were investigated in this study. There were a total of nine treatments by three photoperiods (12 h...
Modulating nutrient-solution electrical conductivity (EC) is an important strategy for improving the fruit flavor of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in soilless culture. Previous salinity studies have typically elevated EC through NaCl supplementati...
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