CAULIFLOWER GROWTH AND YIELD IN A HYDROPONIC SYSTEM WITH BRACKISH WATER

The Brazilian semiarid is historically characterized by the water scarcity of good-quality. In this region there is great availability of groundwater reserves, however, these waters has high concentrations of dissolved salts, that makes them inappropriate to be used in the irrigation of most crops....

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Autores: Costa, Leandro Ferreira da, Soares, Tales Miler, Silva, Mairton Gomes da, Modesto, Francisco José Nunes, Queiroz, Laila de Andrade, Pereira , Juliana de Souza
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA)
Repositorio:Revista Caatinga
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufersa.edu.br:article/9147
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufersa.edu.br/caatinga/article/view/9147
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Brassica oleracea var. botrytis. Cultivo sem solo. Semiárido. Salinidade.
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis. Soilless cultivation. Semiarid. Salinity.
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Sumario:The Brazilian semiarid is historically characterized by the water scarcity of good-quality. In this region there is great availability of groundwater reserves, however, these waters has high concentrations of dissolved salts, that makes them inappropriate to be used in the irrigation of most crops. The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth, production and salinity tolerance of three cauliflower cultivars in hydroponics NFT (Nutrient Film Technique), subjected to different electrical conductivities of the nutrient solution (ECsol) prepared with saline water. The experiment was carried out in a randomized blocks design in split-plot, with six replications. The plants were subjected to six levels of ECsol (1.94 – control, 3.24, 4.10, 5.04, 5.92 and 7.01 dS m-1) in the main plots, with three cauliflower cultivars (‘Piracicaba de Verão’, ‘Sabrina’ and ‘SF1758’) in the subplots, which were grown in the same hydroponic channel. Vegetative growth, inflorescence production and salinity tolerance of cultivars were evaluated. In general, except for the number of leaves, leaf width and fresh matters of leaves and shoot, the different ECsol levels negatively influenced the vegetative growth and inflorescences yield of cultivars cauliflower. The cultivars ‘Piracicaba de Verão’ and ‘Sabrina’ were considered moderately sensitive to salinity, while cultivar ‘SF1758’ was moderately tolerant to salinity.