Energy-efficient agriculture using aeroponics. Final report
In New York State, the production of fresh vegetables and fruits in controlled environments, e.g., greenhouses and warehouses, could experience explosive growth, based on market opportunities resulting from water quality problems in major vegetable-growing states and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) technological advancements in the Northeast and overseas for vegetable and ornamental crop production. CEA crops will be consistently high quality, will be available out-of-season, and potentially could be grown pesticide-free. Out-of-season, fresh vegetable markets for such CEA crops as lettuce and tomatoes are dominated by foreign producers with almost no New York output. The objective of this project was to develop a proprietary ultrasonic-mist generator capable of providing nutrient-laden mist to the roots of plants growing on Lederer Nursery, Inc.`s plant holding A-frame modules. This system of aeroponic agriculture suspends the plant`s roots in nutrient-laden air rather than soil or water.
- Research Organization:
- Lederer Nursery, Inc., Big Flats, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 371080
- Report Number(s):
- PB-96-195086/XAB; TRN: 62392986
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jan 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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