Variabilities in alkaloid concentration of (L.) N.E. Br in response to different soilless growing media and fertigation regimes in hydroponics.

This study was designed to investigate the variations in alkaloid concentrations of when grown in soilless mediums under different fertigation regimes and to examine the suitability of the plant for hydroponic cultivation. A mother plant obtained from Verve Dynamics (Pty) Ltd (a manufacturer and supplier of purified botanical extracts) was cultivated into three hundred plants used for this research study. Twenty treatments were evaluated with 15 sample replicates.