nutrient solution
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nutrient
noun[C]
uk/ˈnjuː.tri.ənt/us/ˈnuː.tri.ənt/
any substance that plants or animals need in order to live ...
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solution
noun
uk/səˈluː.ʃən/us/səˈluː.ʃən/
the answer to ...
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Soon after thenutrientsolutioncame into contact with the samples, about 30 % of carbon dioxide gas went into solution.
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Nutrient loading of each soil sample consisted of adding sequentially three aliquots of 75 ml ofnutrientsolution.
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Nutrientsolution(macro and microelements) was applied in the morning (10.00 h) and in the evening (22.00 h).
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Dry matter production and boron concentrations of vegetative and reproductive tissues of canola and sunflower plants grown innutrientsolution.
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Plants were grown under nutritional stresses induced by irrigating subsets of the plants with 100, 50, 25, or 10 % of a standardnutrientsolution.
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At flowering initiation and thereafter, the amount ofnutrientsolutionwas increased to 0.75 l per week, divided into three equal applications.
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Prevention of mineral deficiency by soaking seed innutrientsolution.
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This was taken to indicate that the distilled water had been displaced bynutrientsolution.
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Watering regimes were (1) water stress, (2) well-watered without nutrients and (3) well-watered with thenutrientsolutionused during vegetative growth.
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Nutrientsolutionwas replaced approximately every three days.
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The amount ofnutrientsolutionor water added to the hydroponics boxes and pots was recorded in detail.
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Plants were exposed to either 20%nutrientsolutionor a completenutrientsolution.
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Sufficientnutrientsolutionwas used so that drainage was observed from the bottom of the pots.
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Aluminium toxicity in corn plants cultivated in a low ionic strengthnutrientsolution.
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Acidification potential of ten grain legume species grown innutrientsolution.
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Aluminium effects on the growth and mineral composition of corn plants cultivated innutrientsolutionat low aluminium activity.
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Plants were irrigated with the completenutrientsolutionlisted above for one week to promote the establishment of seedlings (pepper and tomato) or germination of seed (lettuce).
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