Hydroponics cultivation of salicornia
Increasing world population has brought about the danger of arable land scarcity, freshwater shortage and soil salinization. These problems could potentially worsen the undernourished situation on the world currently. In order to increase crop production, other natural resources need to be tapped on...
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| author | Wong, Anne Heng Gee. |
| author2 | Teh Cee Ing |
| author_facet | Teh Cee Ing Wong, Anne Heng Gee. |
| author_sort | Wong, Anne Heng Gee. |
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| description | Increasing world population has brought about the danger of arable land scarcity, freshwater shortage and soil salinization. These problems could potentially worsen the undernourished situation on the world currently. In order to increase crop production, other natural resources need to be tapped on. Two of such natural resources in abundance are seawater and salt–affected area. It was found that halophytes have thrived healthily under saline condition.
To better understand the relationship between salinity and halophyte, Salicornia bigelovii, the seeds were germinated in solution of 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent sea salt concentration. At 100 percent sea salt concentration, the germination was inhibited. The highest germination rate occurs at 0 percent sea salt concentration but the survival rate of the seedlings was low. However, by increasing the salinity gradually, the withering seedlings can be revived. The optimum salinity for growth is at 25 percent sea salt concentration. Though the germination rate is slower than 0 percent, the seedlings are less prone to withering.
The results indicated the germination and plant growth is dependent on salinity of the condition. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/528012023-03-03T17:01:15Z Hydroponics cultivation of salicornia Wong, Anne Heng Gee. Teh Cee Ing School of Civil and Environmental Engineering DRNTU::Engineering Increasing world population has brought about the danger of arable land scarcity, freshwater shortage and soil salinization. These problems could potentially worsen the undernourished situation on the world currently. In order to increase crop production, other natural resources need to be tapped on. Two of such natural resources in abundance are seawater and salt–affected area. It was found that halophytes have thrived healthily under saline condition. To better understand the relationship between salinity and halophyte, Salicornia bigelovii, the seeds were germinated in solution of 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent sea salt concentration. At 100 percent sea salt concentration, the germination was inhibited. The highest germination rate occurs at 0 percent sea salt concentration but the survival rate of the seedlings was low. However, by increasing the salinity gradually, the withering seedlings can be revived. The optimum salinity for growth is at 25 percent sea salt concentration. Though the germination rate is slower than 0 percent, the seedlings are less prone to withering. The results indicated the germination and plant growth is dependent on salinity of the condition. Bachelor of Engineering 2013-05-27T07:44:05Z 2013-05-27T07:44:05Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52801 en Nanyang Technological University 78 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering Wong, Anne Heng Gee. Hydroponics cultivation of salicornia |
| title | Hydroponics cultivation of salicornia |
| title_full | Hydroponics cultivation of salicornia |
| title_fullStr | Hydroponics cultivation of salicornia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydroponics cultivation of salicornia |
| title_short | Hydroponics cultivation of salicornia |
| title_sort | hydroponics cultivation of salicornia |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering |
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