Are these two correlated? Yes. since the nutrient element status of a plant is affected by how the plant is being grown, and elemental status is related to photosynthetic rate. Hydroponics offers the grower better control of the plant’s elemental status than most other growing procedures. But, photosynthesis rate is also determined by light intensity, wave length distribution and day length, and therefore, is not related to the condition of the plant itself. To assume that the photosynthesis rate can be enhanced by growing a plant hydroponically, however, is not true.
