ArticleHeliyon2022
Comparison of rockwool and coir for greenhouse cucumber production: chemical element, plant growth, and fruit quality.
Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of the Lower Irrigation Limit and Drip Irrigation Flow Rate on Root Traits and Bacterial Community Structure of Tomatoes Grown in Coconut Coir.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of Soilless Growing Media on Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality, and Root-Knot Nematode Incidence of Cucumber Under Protected Cultivation.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Effects of Seedling Substrate and Hydroponic Versus Aquaponic Nutrient Solution on Growth, Nutrient Uptake, and Eco-Physiological Response of Lemon Basil (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Impact of Nutrient Solution Electrical Conductivity on Leaf Transcriptome Contributing to the Fruit Quality of Cucumber Grown in Coir Cultivation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Assessing alkali activation of waste stone wool from greenhouses combined with direct foaming or granulation to obtain recycled plant substrate.Open research Europe · 2024Article
- Response of Cucumbers (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Replacing rockwool with more sustainable materials, such as coir, is an effective measure to improve the sustainability of soilless cultivation in the greenhouse. To comprehensively assess the feasibility of coir before using it widely, coir was compared to rockwool as a cucumber cultivation substrate to evaluate its performance on mineral elements in the substrates, drainage, and in the plants. Plant growth, amino acids, and flavor substances of cucumber fruits were also compared between the two substrates. Compared to rockwool, coir significantly increased the LAI and yield of cucumber crops as well as contents of Ca, Mg, S, Cl and Zn in leaves and fruits. Contents of P, K, Ca, Mg, Cl, Zn, and B in the substrate were higher for coir while those of Fe, Cu, and Mn in the drainage lower. Moreover, coir also significantly increased contents of amino acids (His, Leu, Ile, Phe, Lys, Asp, Glu and Pro) and flavor substance (TC, PS, TP, CLL, CuB, and LA) in cucumber fruits. Our results demonstrated the potential of coir as a replacement of rockwool to improve sustainability of soilless cultivation in the greenhouse.
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