Water retention of substrates potentiates the quality of lettuce seedlings
A difficulty in the production of lettuce seedlings in containers is to assure the production of shoot biomass with limited portion of roots, restricted to a small volume of substrate. Therefore, we investigate if substrates associated to lettuce cultivars interfere in the seedling quality. The tre...
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doaj-07666078268f4ab295d59fd07eefb85e2020-11-24T21:27:51ZengFirenze University PressAdvances in Horticultural Science0394-61691592-15732019-02-0133210.13128/ahs-23599Water retention of substrates potentiates the quality of lettuce seedlingsJosé Luís Chiomento0Patrícia Frizon1Rosiani Costa2Nicolas Trentin3Fabiola De Nardi4Eunice Calvete5Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF) A difficulty in the production of lettuce seedlings in containers is to assure the production of shoot biomass with limited portion of roots, restricted to a small volume of substrate. Therefore, we investigate if substrates associated to lettuce cultivars interfere in the seedling quality. The treatments, outlined in a two-factorial scheme, were two cultivars of lettuce and four substrates, arranged in a randomized complete block design, with three replications. The results showed that seedlings produced in the substrate with higher water retention capacity had higher performance in relation to shoot morphology and root system morphology. In conclusion, the data show that the seedlings quality of lettuce cultivars associate with the types of substrates studied and that seedlings produced in substrate with higher water retention have better quality. https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ahs/article/view/3203chemical propertiesLactuca sativa L.physical propertiesroot system morphology |
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José Luís Chiomento Patrícia Frizon Rosiani Costa Nicolas Trentin Fabiola De Nardi Eunice Calvete |
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José Luís Chiomento Patrícia Frizon Rosiani Costa Nicolas Trentin Fabiola De Nardi Eunice Calvete Water retention of substrates potentiates the quality of lettuce seedlings Advances in Horticultural Science chemical properties Lactuca sativa L. physical properties root system morphology |
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José Luís Chiomento Patrícia Frizon Rosiani Costa Nicolas Trentin Fabiola De Nardi Eunice Calvete |
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José Luís Chiomento |
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Water retention of substrates potentiates the quality of lettuce seedlings |
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Water retention of substrates potentiates the quality of lettuce seedlings |
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Water retention of substrates potentiates the quality of lettuce seedlings |
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Water retention of substrates potentiates the quality of lettuce seedlings |
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Water retention of substrates potentiates the quality of lettuce seedlings |
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water retention of substrates potentiates the quality of lettuce seedlings |
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Firenze University Press |
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Advances in Horticultural Science |
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0394-6169 1592-1573 |
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2019-02-01 |
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A difficulty in the production of lettuce seedlings in containers is to assure the production of shoot biomass with limited portion of roots, restricted to a small volume of substrate. Therefore, we investigate if substrates associated to lettuce cultivars interfere in the seedling quality. The treatments, outlined in a two-factorial scheme, were two cultivars of lettuce and four substrates, arranged in a randomized complete block design, with three replications. The results showed that seedlings produced in the substrate with higher water retention capacity had higher performance in relation to shoot morphology and root system morphology. In conclusion, the data show that the seedlings quality of lettuce cultivars associate with the types of substrates studied and that seedlings produced in substrate with higher water retention have better quality.
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chemical properties Lactuca sativa L. physical properties root system morphology |
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