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Hydrogen Peroxide: A Grower’S Best Friend?, Mitchell Eicher-Sodo
Hydrogen Peroxide: A Grower’S Best Friend?, Mitchell Eicher-Sodo
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an oxidizing agent used to disinfect irrigation systems (e.g. nutrient solution and equipment) used in controlled environment plant production and produces no harmful by-products. The action of H2O2 is non-selective, and therefor H2O2 will oxidize all components of the irrigation water as well as tissues from the greenhouse crops being irrigated. The phytotoxic effect H2O2 has on common greenhouse crops is not well understood, requiring detailed characterization and determination of threshold concentrations. Thresholds within the thesis were based on applied H2O …