Promising Composts as Growing Media for the Production of Baby Leaf Lettuce in a Floating System

The floating system is a successful strategy for producing baby leaf vegetables. Moreover, compost from agricultural and agri-food industry wastes is an alternative to peat that can be used as a component of growing media in this cultivation system. In this study, we experimented with three composts...

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Published in:	Agronomy
Main Authors:	Almudena Giménez, Juan A. Fernández, José A. Pascual, Margarita Ros, José Saez-Tovar, Encarnación Martinez-Sabater, Nazim S. Gruda, Catalina Egea-Gilabert
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Subjects:	germination nitrate content phenolic content antioxidant capacity microbial community
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/10/1540