Growing Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) in Floating Disk Systems Under Variable and High Salinity Ranges in Water Enriched with Nanobubbles
Hydroponic systems, which use commercial hydroponics technologies, are cheaper and easier to maintain than traditional farming methods in soil. The objective of this study was to evaluate various salinity ranges (E.C.i from 1 dS/m to 14 dS/m) in water enriched with nanobubbles (NBs) for the growth and productivity of lettuce plants in a floating disk hydroponic system. This research study investigated how using floating disks in a greenhouse with a nanobubble (NB) generator may affect lettuce’s (Lactuca sativa L.) morphological and physiological responses to salt stress. The goal of this experiment was to examine the results of the influence of NB and non-NB treatments on agronomic traits and yield. The results indicated that the NB device is an innovative and very effective technology for sustainable lettuce production under a high-salinity nutrient solution. This device presents a valuable solution to the global issue of the increased salinity of irrigation water.
Authors
- Konstantinos Zoukidis
- Athanasios Varoutoglou
- Athanasios Gertsis
- Anastasia Evripidis Giannakoula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5920-3820)
- Ramonna I. Kosheleva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-6115)
- Antonios Apostolidis
- Georgios Strouthopoulos
Institutions
- Democritus University of Thrace (GR)
- American Farm School (GR)
- International Hellenic University (GR)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2025117033
- Primary Topic
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Trakya Üniversitesi