Use of chopped stems of Dracaena fragans as a substrate for tomato production in hydroponics
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2026 |
| Descripció: | The chopped stem of Dracaena fragans plant was tested as a substrate for tomato production in hydroponics in a greenhouse. The variety of tomato called JR was planted and different proportions of chopped stem mixed with coconut fiber were used as a substrate. The treatments consisted of using different proportions of cornstalk plant as substrate: pots were filled at 100, 75, 50, 25% and 0%, the rest of the proportion was completed with coconut fiber. All treatments received the same fertilization and irrigation, this through a drip system. As a result, it was obtained that all tomato plants grew in the same way regardless of the proportion of cornstalk plant they had. Leaf development was the same for all treatments. Regarding performance, the proportions of 50:50 and 25:75 cornstalk plant: coconut fiber respectively, resulted in the highest productivity, which demonstrated the capacity of this agro-industrial waste to serve as a substrate. There was no disease associated with the use of cane stalks plant stubble. |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas TEC |
| Institution: | Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas TEC |
| Idioma: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/8003 |
| Accés en línia: | https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/8003 |
| Paraula clau: | valorización de residuos Dracaena fragans sustratos hidropónicos producción de tomate Waste valorization hydroponic substrate tomato production |