Hydroponic nutrient solution: A review

Abstract

Nutrient solution plays an important and essential source of nutrient for hydroponic crops. The formulation of the nutrient solution, EC and pH, concentration, solution temperature are the major factors influencing the quality of nutrient solution. Normally seventeen elements are considered essential for most plants, those are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulphur, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, molybdenum, boron, chlorine and nickel. The carbon, hydrogen, oxygen are received directly from atmosphere and other are to be supplied from the nutrient solution.