Physical and microbial root-zone factors underlying tomato wilt in long-term biofloc aquaponic systems
Shima Rezaei, Margaret Otto, Qichen Wang, Wellington Arthur, Deepak Shantharaj, Kelly Sullivan, Daniel Wells, Neha Potnis, Brendan T. Higgins · 2026
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Shima Rezaei led a team studying tomato wilt in fish-and-plant systems in a 2026 paper. These systems raise fish and crops together without soil, but root rot and wilt threaten them over time. The team ran four designs over two years to find what goes wrong at the roots.
In the first year, poor drainage and sludge buildup starved roots of oxygen in linked systems, cutting yield. New settlers and timed pumps fixed much of that in year two, and linked systems then yielded far more. Some wilt remained, tied to low root oxygen and harmful root organisms. Healthy roots hosted helpful bacteria instead, stressing good oxygen and solids control.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shima Rezaei, Margaret Otto, Qichen Wang, Wellington Arthur, Deepak Shantharaj, Kelly Sullivan, Daniel Wells, Neha Potnis, Brendan T. Higgins |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |