Testing Cultivar-specific Tipburn Sensitivity of Lettuce for Indoor Vertical Farms

Low evaporative conditions in indoor (vertical) farms reduce mass-flow–driven transport of calcium (Ca), resulting in tipburn of lettuce. Lettuce tipburn symptoms develop along the margins of young leaves and the growing shoot tip, where necrotic tissue forms as a result of Ca deficiency. For indoor...

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Main Authors: John Ertle, Chieri Kubota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) 2023-09-01
Series:HortScience
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Online Access:https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/58/10/article-p1257.xml