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

Background: There is little information on the effect of nutrient solutions composition on Arabidopsis growth. Therefore, we compared growth performance of (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).

Testing New Concepts for Crop Cultivation in Space: Effects of Rooting Volume and Nitrogen Availability.

Long term human missions to the Moon and Mars, rely on life support systems for food production and regeneration of resources. In the EU H2020 TIME SCALE-project, an advanced life support system concept was developed to facilitate plant research and technology demonstration under different gravity conditions. Ground experiments assessed irrigation systems and effects of rooting- and nutrient solution volume.