New 'solutions' for floating cultivation system of ready-to-eat salad: A review

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue Part B, 2015, Pages 267-276

  Tomasi, Nicola ^a   Pinton, Roberto ^a   Dalla Costa, Luisa ^a   Cortella, Giovanni ^a   Terzano, Roberto ^b   Mimmo, Tanja ^c   Scampicchio, Matteo ^c   Cesco, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Biostimulants; Hydroponics; Nitrate; Nutrient solution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CULTIVATION; NITRATES; PRODUCT DESIGN; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOSTIMULANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROPONIC SOLUTION; HYDROPONICS; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SOIL-LESS CULTIVATION;

NUTRIENTS;

EID: 84945532515     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2015.08.004     Document Type: Article

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