1. Aeroponics High-tech farming. What is aeroponics? How does it work?
Types of aeroponics
Benefits and disadvantages
Of Aeroponics
Examples of aeroponic plants

2. What is it?
Aeroponics is a sophisticated plant-growing technique ideally suited to a range of purposes, particularly the growing of disease-free seed crops and high-yield greenhouse. Aeroponics uses no soil or liquid medium, just a a small internal microjet spray that sprays the roots with fine, high pressure mist containing nutrient rich solutions.

3. How does it work?

4. Types of Aeroponics Low-pressure units High-pressure devices
- the plant roots are suspended above a reservoir of nutrient solution or inside a channel connected to a reservoir.
High-pressure devices
- High-pressure aeroponic techniques, where the mist is generated by high-pressure pump(s), are typically used in the cultivation of high value crops and plant specimens
Commercial systems
- comprise hi-pressure device hardware and biological systems. The biological systems matrix includes enhancements for extended plant life and crop maturation

5. Benefits of aeroponics
Less Nutrient Solution Throughput
- The time spent without water allows the roots to capture oxygen more efficiently
2. Ecological advantages
safe and ecologically friendly for producing natural, healthy plants and crops
conservation of water and energy
3. Requires little space

6. Benefits of aeroponics
More user-friendly
- aeroponic system allows ease of working with the plants
separation of the plants from each other
5. Pathogen Control & Disease Prevention
applies disinfectants and fungicides to the aerial and root zones individually
applies the water/nutrient at intervals that are best suited for plant development and growth
allows the plant to expand without interference of restricting physical barriers

7. Benefits of aeroponics
High efficiency
highly efficient in terms of water, nutrients, energy, and space
7. Fast plant growth
their roots have access to a lot of oxygen 24/7.
Easy system maintenance
Mobility
- Plants, even whole nurseries, can be moved around without too much effort

8. Disadvantages of aeroponics
Technical knowledge required
- certain level of competency in running an aeroponic system
2. Dependence on the system
- plants can be damaged or killed easily if any part of the system breaks down
Regular cleaning of the root chamber
- The root chamber must not be contaminated, or else diseases may strike the roots
4. High cost

9. Examples of aeroponic plants
Corn
Tomato
Potato
Coffee plant

10. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroponics

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