Investigation of nutrient solutions for the hydroponic growth of plants

Abstract

I would first like to thank the EPRSC for funding my PhD and Prof Neil Bricklebank for being an understanding and patient supervisor. I would like to give special thanks to my and dear friend Ian Stansfield, for spending many hours' proof reading my thesis and correcting my work. I would like to thank Michael Cox of the Technical staff at Sheffield Hallam University, who spent many hours helping me with many instruments of various ages and capabilities. Without him I would not have half the data I do. I would also like to thank Gareth Hopcroft for his help during the Afterlife project. Thank you to Bence Paul and Dany Savard of Iolite 3.32 who gave me so much support with the data processing of the LA-ICP-MS. Bob Burton and Deeba Zahoor of MERI, Sheffield Hallam university, for performing analysis with XRD, XRF and Raman Spectroscopy. Also, I would like to thank Dr Antonio Feteira of MERI for allowing me to use their ball mill. I would like to thank Bryn Flinders of the FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands for performing the Meta-SIMS imaging of the radish. I would like to thank all my friends and family for believing in me and keeping me focused during some very difficult times, particularly, Ian Dickinson Emma Pearson and Lucy Sweeny. I would like to thank my husband David Seaman and son Baden Fixter-Seaman for supporting me through this difficult journey and listening to me moan about everything.

Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) and Micronutrient Fortification in Food Crops Using Nanoparticle Technology

“…Zinc deficiency occurs along with iron deficiency, which is inhibited by phytates presence (Smith et al, 2006). Zinc and zinc oxide have been fortified in various food crops such as maize (Itroutwar et al, 2020), potato (Davies, 2018), soybean (Hoe et al, 2018), rice (Rameshraddy et al, 2017;Kasivelu et al, 2020), and barely (Seaman, 2017; Table 2).…”

“…However, ZnO is rapidly aggregated in an aqueous nutrient solution in hydroponic systems. The aggregation of nanoparticles is one Seaman, 2017) Frontiers in Plant Science | www.frontiersin.org of the major issues because the size of the aggregated particle become larger which consequently reduces bioavailability of the nanoparticle. Also, increased ZnNP + His application can also cause phototoxic effects on food crops such as severe stunted leaves.…”

Nutritional Benefit and Economic Value of Hydroponics Fodder Production Technology in Sustainable Livestock Production Against Climate Change - A Mini-Review

“…Hydroponic maize fodder in pig nutrition improved performance and nutrient digestibility of weaned pigs. There hydroponically produced fodder has been used to feed swine, reducing death rates and improving the general health of the animals, while reducing feed expenses [11].Thus, there is great potential for developing hydroponic technology for fodder production in pig farming [12].…”

Production of, Factors Affecting, Gene Regulations, and Challenges in Tissue Cultured Plant through Soilless Culture

“…The growing tissue cultured plant produces high yield, and chemical free and nutrient enriched plants. The nutrient solution induces better plants in distilled water and impure water. − The substrate based culture consists of natural organic nutrient substrates (peat, coir, plant waste, sawdust, bark, rice hulls, rice husk, rice straw, compost, vermicompost, meal, cake, farm yard manure, cocopeat, brick shards, biocontrol agents, biofertilizers, paper wastes, wood sawdust, peat moss, sphagnum moss, bagasse) and natural inorganic nutrient substrates (sand, gravel, tuff, pumice, perlite, rockwool, vermiculite, montmorillonite) and synthetic materials (polyurethane foam/thermocoal) for plant production. The influx of nutrients stimulates morphological activity, physiological activity, and stress tolerance in the tissue cultured plant in a closed and controlled environment system. , …”