Comparison of open and closed systems on yield, water and nutrient consumption and their environmental impact

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 554, Issue , 2001, Pages 221-228

  Tuzel I H ^a   Tuzel Y ^b   Gul A ^b   Meric M K ^a   Yavuz, O ^b   Eltez, R Z ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Horticulture ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Open and closed systems; Substrate culture; Tomato; Water and nutrient consumption; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646380545     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.554.23     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Benoit, F., N. Ceustermans, 1995. Horticultural aspects of ecological soilless growing methods. Acta Hort. 396: 11-24.
2. Böhme, M., 1995. Effects of closed systems in substrate culture for vegetable production in greenhouses. Acta Hort. 396: 45-54.
3. Böhme, M., 1996. Influence of closed systems on the development of cucumber. ISOSC Proceedings, 75-87.
4. Gül, A., İ.H. Tüzel, Ö. Tuncay, R.Z. Eltez, E. Zencirkõran, 1999. Soilless culture of cucumber in glasshouse: I. A comparison of open and closed systems on growth, yield and quality. Acta hort. 491: 389-394.
5. Jemaa, R., Boulard, T., Baille, A., 1995. Some results on water and nutrient consumption of a greenhouse tomato crop grown in rockwool. Acta Hort. 408: 137-145
6. Lopez, J., M. Dorais, N. Tremblay, A. Gosselin, R. Munuz-Carpena, 1998. Effects of varying sulfate concentrations and vapor pressure deficits (VPD) on greenhouse tomato fruit quality, foliar nutrient concentrations and amino acid components. Acta Hort. 458: 303-310.
7. Olympios, C.M., 1992. Soilless media under protected cultivation rockwool, peat, perlite and other substrates. Acta Hort. 323: 215-234.
8. Tüzel, İ.H., M.E. İrget, A. Gül, Ö. Tuncay, R.Z. Eltez, 1999. Soilless culture of cucumber in glasshouses: II A Comparison of open and closed systems on water and nutrient consumptions. Acta Hort. 491: 395-400.
9. Van Os, E.A., N.A. Ruijs, P.A. Van Weel, 1991. Closed business systems for less pollution from greenhouses. Acta Hort. 294: 49-57.
10. Van Os, E.A., 1995. Engineering and environmental aspects of soilless growing systems. Acta Hort. 396: 25-32.
11. Van Os, E.A., F.J. Van Kuik, W.Th. Runia, J. Van Buuren, 1998. Prospects of slow sand filtration to eliminate pathogens from recirculating nutrient solutions. Acta Hort. 458: 377-381.
12. Van Os, E.A., 1999. Closed Soilless Growing Systems: A Sustainable Solution for Dutch Greenhouse Horticulture.
13. st Int. Course on Vegetable Production. Wageningen. The Netherlands. 95 p.