The soilless culture of vegetables in greenhouse has increased in Turkey. In recent years, bunch tomato has grown in soilless culture. However, bacterial cancer, virus (TMV, TYLVC) andTutaabsulta are limited tomato growing soilless culture as well. For this reason, others vegetables such as eggplant and pepper can be alternative crop for soilless culture. The aim of the research is determination of growing media such as cocopeat, split mushroom compost, perlite, volcanic tuff and sawdust on yield and fruit quality of eggplant. Our results suggest that mushroom compost and cocopeat media improve eggplant fruit quality more than other growing media. ...
Purpose of this study was to examine plant growth, yield, and fruit quality responses of tomato cultivar "Delgado F1" grown in different soilless culture substrates, such as perlite, rock wool, and coconut fiber, under greenhouse conditions. Horizontal bag culture was used as a growing system. The yield, plant biomass, leaf, height, width, fruit taste, aroma, acidity, water-soluble solids content (TSS) and lycopene content were measured. According to the results, the best fruit quality was determined for the coconut fiber media, while the highest total yield was obtained for the perlite media. ...
