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Achieving the Best Possible Lettuce Growth in a Cold Water Recirculating Aquaponics System
| Division: | Biotechnology | | Category: | Intermediate | | Region: | Central Alberta | | City: | Innisfail, AB | | School: | Innisfail Junior Senior High School | | Abstract: | In aquaponics the macronutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) and micronutrients (boron, copper, iron, etc.) plants use come from fish food. The results of three experiments indicate the limiting factor for plant growth in an aquaponics system is probably a micronutrient. This has implications for commercialization of aquaponics compared to hydroponics. |
| Awards | Value | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship
Silver Medallist - $1500 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $1 500.00 | Silver Medal - Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Intermediate
Sponsor: Rx&D Health Research Foundation | $700.00 | | Total | $2 200.00 | |
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