Proceedings of the International Symposium on Soilless Cultivation : Shanghai, China, May 22-25, 2012 / convener, Weimin Zhu ; [editors, Weimin Zhu, Qiansheng Li].

"August 2013."

"ISHS Commission Plant Substrates and Soilless Culture, ISHS Working Group Hydroponics."

includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban hyroponics for green and clean cities and for food security / W.H. Schnitzler -- Sustainable plant factory : closed plant production systems with artificial light for high resource use efficiencies and quality produce / T. Kozai -- Impact of climate change on food security and proposed solutions for the modern city / J. He and S.K. Lee -- Advanced greenhouse modules and research for use within planetary habitat / F.-G. Schroeder ... [et al.] -- A brief development history of soilless cultivation in China / Weimin Zhu and Hua Wang -- The need for systems design for robust aquaponic systems in the urban environment / T. Vermeulen and A. Kamstra -- Primary study on pakchoi factory / Danfeng Huang, Leiling Sun and Kai Zhang -- Melon production using four hydroponic systems / V. Fatahian ... [et al.] -- The use of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation for an increased productivity of microalgae in closed systems : a concept / C.Scharff, F.-G. Schroeder and W. Arnold -- Effect of physical characteristics of coir on the productivity of greenhouse tomatoes / D.I. Duggan-Jones, M.A. Nichols and D.J. Woolley -- Effect of drought stress on the productivity of ivy treated with rhizobacterium Bacillus subtilis / A. Wolter and F.-G. Schroeder -- Alternative growing media for production of cucumber cultivar 'Banan' for soilless culture in Kuwait / M. Albaho ... [et al.] -- Potential of cowpeat as peat substitute in horticultural substrates for foliage plants seedling production / Qiansheng Li, Min Deng and Jianjun Chen -- Media and water management for improved vegetative growth of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) / W.A.P. Weerakkody ... [et al.] -- Glycyrrhizic residues substrates as component of growing media for the growth of pepper (Capsicum annuum) plug seedling / Diao Ming ... [et al.] --

Influence of nutrient formula, concentration and pH on the growth of Dracaena cambodiana hydrocultured in glass container and optimizing for nutrition supplement / Dairong Wang ... [et al.] -- Plant growth of coco-peat grown tomato under enhanced fertigation in hot and humid climates / S.M.M.R. Mawalagedera and W.A.P. Weerakkody -- Effect of chemical fertilizer dose on yield, quality and nutrient utilization rate of sweet pepper in organic substrate / Lv Xiao-Hui, Yang Ning and Wang Ke-An -- Photosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism of heat-resistant and heat-sensitive recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of lettuce under different root-zone temperatures / J. He ... [et al.] -- Identifying heat-resistant recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of lettuce in the tropics : productivity and root phenotyping / T.W. Choong ... [et al.] -- Effects of iso-osmotic Ca(NO3)2 and NaCl stress on ionic contents in different organs of cucumber seedlings / H. Tong ... [et al.] -- Effect of 1-MCP, NAA and IBA on fruit retention of gherkin (Cucumis sativus 'Anguria') under greenhouse conditions / A.P.S. Rupasinghe ... [et al.] .

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