QUALITY LETTUCE SEEDLINGS IN DIFFERENT VOLUMES OF CELLS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON YIELD - DOI: 10.13083/1414-3984/reveng.v23n6p575-583

Authors

  • Fabricio Salusso
  • Jose Omar Plevich
  • Angel Ramon Sanchez Delgado
  • Liliana Grosso
  • Diego Ramos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13083/reveng.v23i6.629

Keywords:

bandejas de germinación, Lactuca sativa var. capitata, biomasa

Abstract

In order to evaluate the quality of seedlings obtained in germination trays with different volumes of cells and their influence on the yield for a crop of lettuce for two production cycles autumn- winter, seeded cultivar type buttery (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) in a completely randomized design. The treatments were: 24 cm3/cell (128 cell/tray); 13 cm3/cell (200 cell/tray) y 7 cm3/cell (288 cell/tray). Leaf number, root length, seedling height, fresh and dry weight of shoot and roots were evaluated until the time of transplantation in field made at 37 and 49 days after planting for each production cycle. The results showed significant differences with a greater number of leaves, root length, seedling height, fresh and dry weight of the aerial parts and roots of seedlings obtained in 24 cm3 cells followed by 13 cm3 and finally 7 cm3. The quality of the lettuce seedlings is related to the volume of the cell plug trays, yielding subsequently better yields.

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Published

2016-03-17

How to Cite

Salusso, F., Plevich, J. O., Sanchez Delgado, A. R., Grosso, L., & Ramos, D. (2016). QUALITY LETTUCE SEEDLINGS IN DIFFERENT VOLUMES OF CELLS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON YIELD - DOI: 10.13083/1414-3984/reveng.v23n6p575-583. Engineering in Agriculture, 23(6), 575–583. https://doi.org/10.13083/reveng.v23i6.629

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 6 (2015)

Section

Water and environmental resources

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