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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Intercropping Lettuce with Alfalfa Under Variable Nitrate Supply: Effects on Growth Performance and Nutrient Dynamics in a Vertical Hydroponic System.

Luis D-Andrade, Nivia Escalante-Garcia, Ernesto Olvera-Gonzalez, Francesco Orsini, Giuseppina Pennisi, Felix Vega de Luna, Hector Silos-Espino, Cinthia Najera

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Impact of Zeolites on Growth Dynamics ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Luis D-AndradeLaboratorio de Iluminación Artificial, Tecnológico Nacional de México/IT de Pabellón de Arteaga, Carretera a la Estación de Rincón Km. 1, Aguascalientes 20670, Mexico.ORCID 0009-0003-9047-601X
Nivia Escalante-GarciaLaboratorio de Iluminación Artificial, Tecnológico Nacional de México/IT de Pabellón de Arteaga, Carretera a la Estación de Rincón Km. 1, Aguascalientes 20670, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-2688-6519
Ernesto Olvera-GonzalezLaboratorio de Iluminación Artificial, Tecnológico Nacional de México/IT de Pabellón de Arteaga, Carretera a la Estación de Rincón Km. 1, Aguascalientes 20670, Mexico.
Francesco OrsiniDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, Viale Giuseppe Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6956-7054
Giuseppina PennisiDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, Viale Giuseppe Fanin 44, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9377-4811
Felix Vega de LunaUMR7141, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France.
Hector Silos-EspinoLaboratorio de Bioprocesos, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico del Llano, Km. 18, Carr. Ags.-S.L.P., El Llano, Aguascalientes 20330, Mexico.
Cinthia NajeraDepartment of Agronomy, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.

Funding

Instituto Tecnológico de Pabellón de Arteaga N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vertical farming systems offer an efficient solution for sustainable food production in urban areas. However, managing nitrate (NO

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alfalfaelectrical conductivity (EC)hydroponicsintercroppinglettucenitratenutrient uptakepHroot zonevertical farming

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PMID40648069
PMCPMC12252025

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