Effect of salinity and oxygen level on lettuce grown in a floating system

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 609, Issue , 2003, Pages 383-387

  Tesi, R ^a   Lenzi, A ^a   Lombardi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydroponics; Hypoxia; Lactuca sativa; Nutrient solution; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444435797     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.609.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (16)

1. Cannell, R.Q. and Belford, R.K. 1980. Effect of waterlogging at different stages of development on the growth and yield of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). J. Sci. Food Agric. 31: 963-965.
2. Cannell, R.Q., Belford, R.K., Blackwell, P.S., Govi, G. and Thomson, R.J. 1985. Effect of waterlogging on soil aeration and on root and shoot growth and yield of winter oats (Avena sativa L.). Plant Soil 85: 361-373.
3. Cataldo, D.A., Haroon, M., Schrader, L.E. and Youngs, V.L. (1975). Rapid colorimetric determination of nitrate in plant tissue by titration of salicylic acid. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 6: 71-80.
4. Cramer, G.R. and Spurr, A.R. 1986. Responses of lettuce to salinity. I. Effects of NaCl and Na2SO4 on growth. J. Plant Nutr. 9: 115-130.
5. De Pascale, S. and Barbieri, G. (1995). Effect of soil salinity from long-term irrigation with saline-sodic water on yield and quality of winter vegetable crops. Sci. Hort. 64: 145-157.
6. Kriedemann, P.E. and Sands, R. 1984. Salt resistance and adaptation to root-zone hypoxia in sunflower. Austr. J. Plant Physiol. 11: 287-301.
7. Maas, E.V. and Hoffman, G.J. 1977. Crop salt tolerance. ASCE J. Irrig. Drainage Div. 103: 115-134.
8. Morard, P. and Silvestre, J. 1996. Plant injury to oxygen deficiency in the root environment of soilless culture: A review. Plant and Soil 184: 243-254.
9. Pardossi, A., Malorgio, F. and Tognoni, F. 1999a. Salt tolerance and mineral relations for celery. J. Plant Nutr. 22: 151-161.
10. Pardossi, A., Bagnoli, G., Malorgio, F., Campiotti, C.A. and Tognoni, F. 1999b. NaCl effects on celery (Apium graveolens L.) grown in NFT. Scientia Hortic. 81: 229-242.
11. Schwarz, M.C. 1985. The use of saline water in hydroponics. Soilless Culture 1: 25-34.
12. Shannon, M.C., McCreight, J.D. and Draper, J.D. 1983. Screening tests for salt tolerance in lettuce. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 108: 225-230.
13. Shannon, M.C. and Grieve, C. 1999. Tolerance of vegetable crops to salinity. Sci. Hortic. 78: 5-38.
14. Sonneveld, C. (1988). The salt tolerance of greenhouse crops. Neth. J. Agric. Sci. 36: 63-73.
15. Tesi, R., Lenzi, A. and Lombardi, P. 2002. Effect of different oxygen levels on spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) grown in a floating system. Acta Hort. (in press).
16. Schröder, F.G. 1994. Technological development, plant growth and root environment of the plant plane hydroponic system. Acta Hort. 361: 201-209.