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. 2021 Sep 5;10(9):1840. doi: 10.3390/plants10091840

Table 1.

Summary of previous studies on the effect of flow rate on hydroponic plant growth.

Study Flow Rate (L/min) (Optimal Value for Best Yield) Plant Species
Genuncio et al. (2000) [10] 0.75, 1, 1.5 (1.5) Lettuce
AI-Tawaha et al. (2018) [11] 10, 20, 30 (20)
Dalastra et al. (2020) [8] 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 (1.0)
Khater et al. (2015) [28] 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 (1.0)
Nuwansi et al. (2016) [29] 0.8, 2.4, 4.0 (0.8) Spinach
Endut et al. (2009) [30] 0.8, 1.6, 2.4, 3.2, 4.0 (1.6)
Hussain et al. (2015) [31] 1.0, 1.5, 3.2 (1.5)
Bateer et al. (2021) [7] 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 (6) Swiss chard
Hammady et al. (2020) [9] 1.5, 2.5 (1.5) Cauliflower