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Vermicompost as an Alternative Substrate to Peat Moss for Strawberry (Fragaria Ananassa) in Hydroponic Culture

YEGANEH MA, SHAHABI AA, EBADI A, ABDOOSI V

2023

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Abstract Background: Consecutive droughts and quantitative and qualitative reduction of surface and underground water resources have caused an increase in greenhouse and hydroponic cultivation for most garden crops, including strawberries, in Iran. On the other hand, most of the inputs of greenhouse crops in Iran are imported. To possibility of replacing vermicompostwith peat moss under hydroponic cultivation, an experiment was done in a split plot based on randomized complete blocks design in three replications in Isfahan (Iran) Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center in 2019. The main treatment was substrate at four levels included different levels of vermicompost (30 and 50%) and peat moss (30 and 50%) in combination with perlite and sub-treatment were Selva and Camarosa cult

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.21203/rs.3.rs-2793512/v1
Catalogue ID
BImvhafqtq-ve2pt3
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