TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effect of different hydraulic loading rates on growth of basil (Ocimum basilicum L. ‘Genovese’) in nutrient film technique aquaponics
TT  - Farklı hidrolik yükleme oranlarının nütrient film tekniği akuaponiklerde fesleğen bitkisi (Ocimum basilicum L. ‘Genovese’) üretimine etkisi
AU  - Yeşiltaş, Murat
AU  - Koçer, Mehmet Ali Turan
AU  - Sevgili, Hüseyin
AU  - Koru, Edis
PY  - 2023
DA  - September
DO  - 10.12714/egejfas.40.3.01
JF  - Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
JO  - EgeJFAS
PB  - Ege University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2148-3140
SP  - 155
EP  - 165
VL  - 40
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - Aquaponics are promising and sustainable technologies consisting of fish-plant-bacteria consortia in the same system, thereby providing an environmentally friendly system by recycling water and nutrients. This study was planned to investigate the influence of varying hydraulic loading rates (HLR) on the growth of basil plant (Ocimum basilicum L. ‘Genovese’) in a low-cost of electricity nutrient film technique aquaponics (NFT) integrated with African catfish (Clarias gariepinus (Burchell)) under the Eastern Mediterranean climate conditions, Antalya, Türkiye. The hydraulic loading rates tested in plant-growing troughs 2, 4, 8, and 12 m3/m2/day. African catfish showed an excellent feed conversion ratio (0.695) over the experiment. There was no statistically significant difference in plant height, number of leaves, and stem diameter for basil plants, but a statistically significant difference was found in plant weight and leaf area. The best plant weight gain was observed in the 4 m3/m2/day group with 23.0±2.5 g mean weight. The optimum HLR for basil production was estimated as 4.41 m3/m2/day based on yield (kg/m2) and energy consumption (KWh/kg basil) in a basil-African catfish integrated NFT aquaponics. The optimum HLR can maximize production without further increase of energy expenditure. Higher HLRs of 4.41 increase energy cost per unit of basil production.
KW  - Aquaponics
KW  - hydraulic loading rate
KW  - Clarias gariepinus
KW  - Ocimum basilicum
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