Sodium chloride salinity in fruit vegetable crops in soilless culture.

Tolerance of vegetable crops to salinity

Global constraints on fresh water supplies and the need to dispose of agricultural, municipal, and industrial waste waters have intensified interest in water reuse options. In many instances, the value of the water is decreased solely because of its higher salt concentration. Although quantitative information on crop salt tolerance exists for over 130 crop species, there are many vegetables whi...

Windbreaks for Fruit and Vegetable Crops

EC1763 How Windbreaks Work EC1764 Windbreak Establishment EC1766 Windbreaks for Livestock Operations EC1767 Windbreaks for Rural Living EC1768 Windbreak Management EC1770 Windbreak for Snow Management EC1771 Windbreaks and Wildlife EC1772 Windbreaks in Sustainable Agricultural Systems EC1777 Windbreak Renovation EC1778 Field Windbreaks EC1779 Windbreaks for Fruit and Vegetable Crops University ...

Nutrient Management for Commercial Fruit & Vegetable Crops in Minnesota

Growing Plants in Soilless Culture: Operational Conclusions

The previous chapters present various specific facets of soilless plant production, representing the state of the art and include some perspectives on the direction in which the field is moving. In some cases, gaps in knowledge were pointed out and required future research was suggested. Generally the chapters focus on particular facets of a system whose full complexity was beyond the scope of ...

Transplant Age in Vegetable Crops

s. Therefore, more information is necessary concerning cauliflower transplant age. CHINESE CABBAGE [Brassica rapa L. SSP. PEKINENSIS (LOUR.)]. Kratky et al. (1982) in Hawaii found no significant differences in time to maturity, individual head weight, and total yield from Chinese cabbage transplants of 3, 4, 5, and 6 weeks of age. RAPE (Brassica napus ssp. OLEIFERA VAR. NAPUS). In a 3-year stud...