Efficacy of different media carriers on tomatoes production in greenhouse condition
Issue: 4/2024
Recevied: March 8, 2024
Accepted: November 5, 2024
Published: November 9, 2024
Authors:
Z. Ul Haq, R. Ahmad, J. Sial, A. Saad, A. Ali Khan
Categories: Agricultural, Horticulture and forestry
DOI: 10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3309
Abstract:
Hydroponics agriculture is the science of growing plants in inert media such as coco cake/powder, gravel, sand, peat, vermiculite, pumice, or sawdust, rather than soil. Essential nutrients for normal growth of plant are provided through irrigation. Conventionally growing media (coco cake) imported from Srilanka are used for off-season vegetable production in greenhouse conditions. Unavailability of indigenous media carrier at the farm level enforced researchers to developed new media carriers. Keeping in view the above-mentioned problems an experiment was conducted for development and testing the feasibility of different types of media carriers for tomato production at Institute of Hydroponic Agriculture Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan over the period of two growing seasons employing three different treatments (media carrier) viz. T1 (bottle), T2 (slab), and T3 (pipe). The comparison of these media carriers was made on the base of plant height, stem diameter, number of flower trusses, number of clusters, nodal distance, total number of fruits, and total yields of the plant. The experimental results shown that the media carriers have a significant (P<0.05) effect on the tomato plant and its yield. It was concluded from the experiment that treatment T2 containing slab shaped media carrier had the best performance in all above mentioned parameters for the tomato growth under greenhouse conditions in both years.
Citation:
JELEM / HARVARD
Ul Haq, Z., Ahmad, R., Sial, J., Saad, A. and Ali Khan, A. (2024) 'Efficacy of different media carriers on tomatoes production in greenhouse condition', Journal of Elementology, 29(4), , available: https://doi.org/10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3309
MDPI
Ul Haq, Z.; Ahmad, R.; Sial, J.; Saad, A.; Ali Khan, A. Efficacy of different media carriers on tomatoes production in greenhouse condition. J. Elem. 2024, 29, 4, . https://doi.org/10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3309
AMA
Ul Haq Z, Ahmad R, Sial J, Saad A, Ali Khan A. Efficacy of different media carriers on tomatoes production in greenhouse condition. J. Elem. 2024;29(4):. https://doi.org/10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3309
CHICAGO
Ul Haq Zia, Ahmad Rai Niaz, Sial Jehangir Khan, Saad Abu, Ali Khan Aksar. 2024. "Efficacy of different media carriers on tomatoes production in greenhouse condition" J. Elem. 29, no.4: . https://doi.org/10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3309
Keywords:
Hydroponics, Greenhouse, Media Carrier, Tomato Plant, Yield
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