The paper presents an efficient form of growing arugula plants by means of automatic control of an aeroponic culture irrigation system.The system considers a reprogrammable electronic circuit that uses software to gen...The paper presents an efficient form of growing arugula plants by means of automatic control of an aeroponic culture irrigation system.The system considers a reprogrammable electronic circuit that uses software to generate different irrigation cycles to obtain an adequate growth of arugula crops.Results show how different samples grown in a greenhouse had the same growth behavior as field-grown samples during the test period.It was possible to obtain a more efficient and sustained five-week production to supply consumers by having a continuous cycle irrigation system,which was operated for 35 d.The growth and number of leaves were maintained in a similar way for different plants analyzed.Roots grow similarly,but some of them showed size differences during the five weeks.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín under the projects HERMES 45887.The authors thank COLCIENCIAS,the National Doctorate program and the laboratory of the research group Scientific and Industrial Instrumentation of the School of Physics and the Department of Electrical Energy and Automation for their valuable support to conduct this research.
文摘The paper presents an efficient form of growing arugula plants by means of automatic control of an aeroponic culture irrigation system.The system considers a reprogrammable electronic circuit that uses software to generate different irrigation cycles to obtain an adequate growth of arugula crops.Results show how different samples grown in a greenhouse had the same growth behavior as field-grown samples during the test period.It was possible to obtain a more efficient and sustained five-week production to supply consumers by having a continuous cycle irrigation system,which was operated for 35 d.The growth and number of leaves were maintained in a similar way for different plants analyzed.Roots grow similarly,but some of them showed size differences during the five weeks.
