Growing carrots hydroponically using perlite substrates

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 159, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-121

  Asaduzzaman, Md ^a,b,c   Kobayashi, Yutaro ^a   Mondal, Md Fuad ^a   Ban, Takuya ^d   Matsubara, Hitoshi ^e   Adachi, Fumihiko ^a   Asao, Toshiki ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daucus carota L.; Nutrient solution concentration; Residual nutrient; Soilless culture

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPONICS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOT VEGETABLE; SUBSTRATE;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 84878780783     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.04.038     Document Type: Article

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