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Table 1 Effect of nutrient solution on: rosette leaf fresh (LFW) and dry weight (LDW), dry matter percentage (DM), root dry weight (RDW), rosette:root ratio (R:R) at 48 days after sowing (DAS)

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

 

EC (dS m−1)

LFW (g plant−1)

LDW (g plant−1)

DM (%)

RDW (g plant−1)

R:R

Full nutrient solution

 Conn et al. [6]

2.0

4.70 a

0.367 ab

7.82 c

0.0537 ab

6.9 a

 Hoagland and Arnon [22]

2.0

3.40 b

0.286 c

8.50 c

0.0425 bc

7.6 a

 Hermans et al. [25]

0.7

3.55 b

0.292 bc

8.21 c

0.0405 bc

7.5 a

 Murashige and Skoog [23]

1.6

0.685 c

0.0687 d

10.2 a

0.0319 cd

2.7 c

 Tocquin et al. [24]

1.1

4.83 a

0.375 a

7.85 c

0.0625 a

6.3 ab

Normalized to EC 1.1 dS m−1

 Conn et al. [6]

1.1

4.30 ab

0.333 abc

7.75 c

0.0513 ab

6.7 a

 Hoagland and Arnon [22]

1.1

4.16 ab

0.334 abc

8.03 c

0.0460 abc

7.2 a

 Hermans et al. [25]

1.1

3.21 b

0.278 c

8.88 bc

0.0386 bc

7.2 a

 Murashige and Skoog [23]

1.1

0.643 c

0.0637 d

9.91 ab

0.0178 d

3.9 bc

 Tocquin et al. [24]

1.1

4.83 a

0.375 a

7.85 c

0.0625 a

6.3 ab

Standard error of the means

 

0.247

0.0172

0.263

0.00415

0.6

  1. Least square (LS) means (n = 6) sharing the same letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05, Tukey-adjusted comparisons)