Nutrient solutions for Arabidopsis thaliana: a study on nutrient solution composition in hydroponics systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is little information on the effect of nutrient solutions composition on Arabidopsis growth. Therefore, we compared growth performance of Arabidopsis thaliana (Col-0) grown on the most commonly used nutrient solutions in deep water culture: Hoagland and Arnon, Murashige and Skoog, Tocquin, Hermans, and Conn. In addition to these nutrient solution composition experiments, we established Arabidopsis growth response curves for nutrient solution concentration and salt stress (NaCl).

Results

Arabidopsis rosette fresh and dry weight showed an approximate linear decline with NaCl dose in deep water culture, i.e. 9% reduction relative to control per unit of electrical conductivity (EC in dS m^-1, for scale comprehension 1 dS m^-1 equals ~ 

SUBMITTER: van Delden SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7324969 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature