Abstract
Hydroponic cultivation is characterized by high initial costs compared with conventional cultivation. This study discusses the economic viability of implementing a hydroponic system for lettuce production with different mineral and organomineral nutrient solutions through simulation. The experimental design was randomized blocks with split plots and three replicates. Plots consisted of eight nutrient solutions: four mineral solutions, with chemical compositions proposed by Bernardes, Castellane and Arajo, Furlani, and Ueda, and four solutions with chemical compositions similar to those previously cited, but modified in the present research with the utilization of biofertilizer in the composition, to produce four organomineral nutrient solutions. Subplots consisted of three varieties of curly lettuce: Vernica, Vanda and Thas. After harvesting, lettuce plants were separately weighed according to the treatments and, from this information, the selling price was determined based on research conducted in major supermarkets in the city of Campina Grande, Paraba, Brazil. The calculation of expenses took into account the effective operating cost, total operating costs and the total production cost. According to the simulation, regardless of the cultivar used, lettuce hydroponic cultivation had higher annual profit, with values of US$ 18,880.00 and 18,730.00, using the mineral nutrient solutions of Furlani and Bernardes, respectively. Among the organomineral nutrient solutions, the Furlani solution when used in the production of the cultivar Vernica led to annual profit of US$ 11,440.00.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Hydroponic lettuce with the mineral nutrient solution of Furlani had a simulated annual profit of US$ 18,880.00, higher than the other solutions.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativat0 - Treatment
- mineral nutrient solutions of Furlanie1
- Outcome
- annual profite1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- US$ 18,880.00e1
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Verbatim
t0“lettuce (Lactuca sativa, L.)”
e1“regardless of the cultivar used, lettuce hydroponic cultivation had higher annual profit, with values of US$ 18,880.00 and 18,730.00, using the mineral nutrient solutions of Furlani and Bernardes, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Hydroponic lettuce with the mineral nutrient solution of Bernardes had a simulated annual profit of US$ 18,730.00, higher than the other solutions.
- Taxon
- lettuceLactuca sativat0
- Treatment
- mineral nutrient solutions of Furlani and Bernardese1
- Outcome
- annual profite1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 18,730.00e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“lettuce (Lactuca sativa, L.)”
e1“regardless of the cultivar used, lettuce hydroponic cultivation had higher annual profit, with values of US$ 18,880.00 and 18,730.00, using the mineral nutrient solutions of Furlani and Bernardes, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
The organomineral Furlani solution with the cultivar Vernica gave a simulated annual profit of US$ 11,440.00, the highest among the organomineral solutions.
- Taxon
- lettuceLactuca sativat0
- Material
- Vernicae2
- Treatment
- Furlani solutione2
- Outcome
- annual profite2
- Direction
- higherinferrede2
- Value
- US$ 11,440.00e2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“lettuce (Lactuca sativa, L.)”
e2“Among the organomineral nutrient solutions, the Furlani solution when used in the production of the cultivar Vernica led to annual profit of US$ 11,440.00”
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