Promising Composts as Growing Media for the Production of Baby Leaf Lettuce in a Floating System

Promising Composts as Growing Media for the Production of Baby Leaf Lettuce in a Floating System

The floating system is a successful strategy for producing baby leaf vegetables. Moreover, compost from agricultural and agri-food industry wastes is an alternative to peat that can be used as a component of growing media in this cultivation system. In this study, we experimented with three composts...

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Main Authors: Almudena Giménez, Juan A. Fernández, José A. Pascual, Margarita Ros, José Saez-Tovar, Encarnación Martinez-Sabater, Nazim S. Gruda, Catalina Egea-Gilabert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
germination
nitrate content
phenolic content
antioxidant capacity
microbial community
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/10/1540

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