Effect of Nutrient Solution pH on the Growth, Yield and Quality of Taraxacum officinale and Reichardia picroides in a Floating Hydroponic System

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作者
Alexopoulos, Alexios A. [1 ]
Marandos, Efstathios [1 ]
Assimakopoulou, Anna [2 ]
Vidalis, Nikolina [3 ]
Petropoulos, Spyridon A. [4 ]
Karapanos, Ioannis C. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Peloponnese, Dept Agr, Lab Agron, Kalamata 24100, Greece
[2] Univ Peloponnese, Dept Agr, Lab Plant Physiol, Kalamata 24100, Greece
[3] Agr Univ Athens, Dept Crop Sci, Lab Vegetable Prod, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece
[4] Univ Thessaly, Dept Agr Crop Prod & Rural Environm, Lab Vegetable Prod, Fytokou St, Nea Ionia 38446, Greece
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AGRONOMY-BASEL | 2021年 / 11卷 / 06期
关键词
common brighteyes; dandelion; chemical composition; medicinal plants; wild edible greens; sustainable farming; CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL-CHARACTERISTICS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; SOILLESS CULTURE; PROTON RELEASE; ROOT MEDIUM; FOOD; PLANTS; WILD; VEGETABLES;
D O I
10.3390/agronomy11061118
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
Given the important medicinal and nutritional value of wild edible greens, the last few years there is an increasing interest for their domestication and commercial exploitation. However, information concerning their adaptation to environmental conditions and their response to modern agricultural systems are scarce. In the present study, the effect of nutrient solution pH (4.0, 5.5 and 7.0) on the growth, chemical composition and inorganic nutrition of Taraxacum officinale and Reichardia picroides plants grown indoors in a floating hydroponic system was evaluated. Both species performed better at pH 5.5 and were slightly affected by pH 7.0, whereas pH 4.0 was not prohibitive for growth for both species, although R. picroides was less tolerant than T. officinale at low pH. Moreover, pH 4.0 did not severely affect nutrients uptake and transport within the plant tissues, suggesting that R. picroides susceptibility to low pH should not be attributed to nutrients imbalance. Nevertheless, low pH positively enhanced the content in total soluble solids, total phenolics, chlorophylls (a, b and total) and carotenoids, and decreased nitrates in both species. In conclusion, the studied species could be successfully grown in soilless systems with nutrient solutions of varied pH. Moreover, low pH levels (pH = 4.0) seemed to be beneficial to nutritional and dietary value in both species highlighting the potential of commercial cultivation under adverse conditions, especially in sustainable farming systems.
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