ISSN : 2663-2187

“HYDROPONIC PROPAGATION OF SELECTED MICRO GREENS AND THEIR ESTIMATION OF PROTEIN CONTENT”

Main Article Content

B. Kavitha, S. Komalabai, C. Savitha, B. Mahesh
» doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.13.2024.1369-1379

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to propagate micro greens using soil less culture or hydroponic deep flow culture and their protein estimation. We selected 9 varies seeds for micro green cultivation in four different solutions they are NPK, vermiwash, jeevamrutham and panchagavya. We observed that Vigna unguiculata in jeevamrutham showed highest growth rate on the seventh day (23.2±0.18cm) followed by panchagavya, vermiwash and NPK. No growth was seen in jeevamrutham of Brassica nigra and Eleusinecoracana. We also conducted protein estimation for selected micro greens resulted that Vigna radiate showed high protein value of 0.86 in NPK. Finally, we observed that cultivation of micro greens using both organic and inorganic solutions in deep flow hydroponic technique (DFT) is an effective technique to provide high growth rate and protein content for the prevention of nutritional deficiency in human populations.

Article Details