Cascade Cropping System with Horticultural and Ornamental Plants under Greenhouse Conditions
The blending of drainage with water of low electrical conductivity and the sequential reuse of the drainage water are innovative technologies to manage salts in agricultural drainage. Plants of Cucumis melo were grown in coir grow bags, and Rosmarinus officinalis and Cacti spp. were grown in pots wi...
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| author | García Caparrós, Pedro Llanderal Quiroz, Alfonso Maksimovic, Ivana Lao Arenas, María Teresa |
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| description | The blending of drainage with water of low electrical conductivity and the sequential reuse of the drainage water are innovative technologies to manage salts in agricultural drainage. Plants of Cucumis melo were grown in coir grow bags, and Rosmarinus officinalis and Cacti spp. were grown in pots with a mixture of sphagnum peat-moss and perlite. In order to assess the effect and evolution over time of these water treatments on plant growth and water management and removal of nutrients, three water treatments were applied over a period of eight weeks. These were: (1) standard nutrient solution; (2) blended water treatment (drainage water blended with water of low electrical conductivity (EC)) and (3) sequential reuse of drainage water treatment. During the experimental growing period, samples of water supplies and drainages generated in each water treatment were collected weekly and from these data water volume and nutrient loads were calculated. At the end of the experiment, leaf fresh weight of rosemary plants decreased under the fertigation with the blended and sequential reuse water treatments. Nevertheless, the application of blended and sequentially reused water allowed for the saving of significant amounts of water and nutrients in comparison to the standard nutrient solution treatment. Considering these advantages, we strongly recommend the setting-up of these water treatments in areas with water scarcity such as in the Mediterranean Basin. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-74342023-04-12T18:54:31Z Cascade Cropping System with Horticultural and Ornamental Plants under Greenhouse Conditions García Caparrós, Pedro Llanderal Quiroz, Alfonso Maksimovic, Ivana Lao Arenas, María Teresa blending water Cucumis melo drainage water Rosmarinus officinalis water footprint water-sequential reuse The blending of drainage with water of low electrical conductivity and the sequential reuse of the drainage water are innovative technologies to manage salts in agricultural drainage. Plants of Cucumis melo were grown in coir grow bags, and Rosmarinus officinalis and Cacti spp. were grown in pots with a mixture of sphagnum peat-moss and perlite. In order to assess the effect and evolution over time of these water treatments on plant growth and water management and removal of nutrients, three water treatments were applied over a period of eight weeks. These were: (1) standard nutrient solution; (2) blended water treatment (drainage water blended with water of low electrical conductivity (EC)) and (3) sequential reuse of drainage water treatment. During the experimental growing period, samples of water supplies and drainages generated in each water treatment were collected weekly and from these data water volume and nutrient loads were calculated. At the end of the experiment, leaf fresh weight of rosemary plants decreased under the fertigation with the blended and sequential reuse water treatments. Nevertheless, the application of blended and sequentially reused water allowed for the saving of significant amounts of water and nutrients in comparison to the standard nutrient solution treatment. Considering these advantages, we strongly recommend the setting-up of these water treatments in areas with water scarcity such as in the Mediterranean Basin. 2020-01-16T12:52:26Z 2020-01-16T12:52:26Z 2018-01-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2073-4441 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7434 en https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/2/125 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | blending water Cucumis melo drainage water Rosmarinus officinalis water footprint water-sequential reuse García Caparrós, Pedro Llanderal Quiroz, Alfonso Maksimovic, Ivana Lao Arenas, María Teresa Cascade Cropping System with Horticultural and Ornamental Plants under Greenhouse Conditions |
| title | Cascade Cropping System with Horticultural and Ornamental Plants under Greenhouse Conditions |
| title_full | Cascade Cropping System with Horticultural and Ornamental Plants under Greenhouse Conditions |
| title_fullStr | Cascade Cropping System with Horticultural and Ornamental Plants under Greenhouse Conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cascade Cropping System with Horticultural and Ornamental Plants under Greenhouse Conditions |
| title_short | Cascade Cropping System with Horticultural and Ornamental Plants under Greenhouse Conditions |
| title_sort | cascade cropping system with horticultural and ornamental plants under greenhouse conditions |
| topic | blending water Cucumis melo drainage water Rosmarinus officinalis water footprint water-sequential reuse |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7434 |
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