plant cultivation Articles
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Silver Bullet Solutions for Indoor Plant Cultivation
Water Quality Products Magazine has published a case study on the Silver Bullet Water Treatment solutions for a Northern California indoor plant cultivation facility. “By implementing the water treatment design, the grower was able to achieve significant economic and operational benefits, including: Avoided discharging untreated constituents or adding additional wastewater treatment ...
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Problems and prospects in the conservation and development of the Himalayan medicinal plants sector
With the advent of a market-orientated economy, the medicinal plants wealth of the Himalaya has become a high price commodity. As a result, many wild populations of valued medicinal plants are declining due to over-harvesting. In order to prevent the further loss of medicinal plants in the wild and, at the same time, to meet the demands of pharmaceutical companies and herbal healers, attempts are ...
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Can medicinal plants alleviate poverty and protect Nepal’s fragile environment?
Farmers in the high Himalayas partner with a U.S.–based nonprofit to cultivate medicinal plants — and the environmental and economic benefits they offer. On a trip to their childhood home in eastern Nepal in the early 2000s, Nepalese staff members of the Mountain Institute — an organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., that works to protect mountain environments and ...
By Ensia
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Microalgae and Hydroponic cultivation experiments
Redono is performing hydroponic plant cultivation and microalgae cultivation researches together with the Clean Technologies Department in Metropolia, University of Applied Science, Vantaa. Exciting to see how we can make organic hydroponic fertilizers from brewery and aquaculture sidestreams. The goal is to use these sidestreams as organic fertilizers that will be used in hydroponic ...
By Redono Oy
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Modelling water requirements of greenhouse spinach for irrigation management purposes
Estimating water requirements of plants cultivated in greenhouse environments is crucial, both for the design of greenhouse irrigation systems and the improvement of irrigation scheduling. Spinach is one of the main vegetables sold as ‘ready-to-eat’ bagged produce; it is very sensitive to water stress and thus requires accurate irrigation. In this work, a water balance model simulating the ...
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Uptake and distribution of Iodine in Rice plants
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants were cultivated in an experimental field and separated at harvest into different components, including polished rice, rice bran, hull, straw, and root. The contents of iodine in these components and the soil were determined by inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry and radiochemical neutron activation analysis, respectively. Iodine content varied by more than ...
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The Roll-Air greenhouse offers the protected outdoor climate we were looking for.
Plant Select (B) boosts growth ambitions with new 2 ha film greenhouse Plant Select from Rijkevorsel, Belgium, supplies in-vitro planting material and licensing programmes worldwide and is a major European ornamental plant cultivation company. Based on innovation, specialisation and sustainable cultivation, it has a leading international position in various crops, of which Fargesia, ...
By Rovero
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Cultivation of rice for animal feed with circulated irrigation of treated municipal wastewater for enhanced nitrogen removal: comparison of cultivation systems feeding irrigation water upward and downward
To achieve enhanced nitrogen removal, we modified a cultivation system with circulated irrigation of treated municipal wastewater by using rice for animal feed instead of human consumption. The performance of this modified system was evaluated through a bench-scale experiment by comparing the direction of circulated irrigation (i.e. passing through paddy soil upward and downward). The modified ...
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The grape harvest is not over yet … take advantage of the posts as well!
For the agricultural sector, seasonality is a very important variable. With MB Crusher, every moment of the year can be the ideal occasion for reducing waste and increasing earnings. Used to support new plants in the cultivation of fruit, and in vineyards, reinforced concrete posts are a useful and practical instrument for farms. However, they become a problem during harvesting, when the ...
By MB Crusher
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The most cultivated crop in the Netherlands: Onion
Did you know that onions are the most cultivated crop in The Netherlands? and that it is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium worldwide? This crop is an herbaceous bulbous plant that is cultivated for bulb production either as biannual or perennial, depending on the cultivation conditions. Onions are among the most widely adapted vegetable crops that can be grown under a wide ...
By SOILCARES
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Issues to Avoid when Drying Cannabis
Cultivating cannabis can be challenging, as it will only grow and thrive under specific conditions. Also, cannabis requires special care to be fragrant, potent, and free of pests and contaminants. These challenges still continue even at the harvesting, drying, and curing stages. Without special care, cultivators may not produce quality products or risk the loss of essential minerals like ...
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Urban Crop Solutions makes indoor farming technology for Mars biosphere
Will the first people to bake and eat bread on Mars do it due to a Belgian breakthrough? This is the challenge facing the SpaceBakery project, a unique consortium composed of seven Belgian organisations using technology provided by Urban Crop Solutions. However, before they use their research to help feed the first people on the red planet later this century, the project aims to have a clear ...
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Powdery mildew on plants - combat strategies for cannabis
Hey there, fellow cannabis grower! We know how passionate you are about cultivating healthy plants, which is why we’re here to help you tackle a common problem: powdery mildew. In this guide, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know about dealing with powdery mildew on your precious cannabis plants. By the end, you’ll feel empowered to protect your green beauties and ...
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Benefits of Portable soil detectors
Background: Soil is one of the most important natural resources on Earth. It plays a vital role in agriculture, supporting the growth of crops and plants and providing us with food, clothing and shelter. However, the quality of soil depends on various factors such as location, weather and environmental factors. Therefore, it is important to understand the properties of the soil before planting ...
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Molter BV expands nursery with foil greenhouse of over 1,400 m2
Perennial plant grower Molter BV in Noordwijkerhout (NL) is making good progress. The new strategy and a new Rovero film greenhouse offer more space for activities at the beginning of the chain: breeding, tissue culture and the propagation of plants from seed, cuttings and tissue culture. "We are scaling down the actual cultivation of plants, but in terms of added value we are growing nicely," ...
By Rovero
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New strategy of "two in one" rapid breeding
Xu Cao's research group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences published a paper titled “A two-in-one breeding strategy boosts rapid utilization of wild species and elite cultivars” online in Plant Biotechnology. This study reports a new "two-in-one" rapid breeding strategy, which combines the new de novo domestication breeding method and ...
By Lifeasible
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What is Glass Greenhouse Cleaning?
Glass greenhouses are widely used in plant production and cultivation. Glass greenhouses are better at maintaining the heat balance as they reflect the heat inside better. Glass greenhouses, which are used for better penetration of heat and light source into the interior, also minimize external effects such as rain, snow, wind and are durable. Glass greenhouse cleaning is done to minimize the ...
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How to Make a Paludarium? ——Aquascaping Knowledge Get You Done!
Fish Tank Size: 80*40*45 cm Lighting: Adjustable LED Aquarium Light 5W/8W/11W/16W Bottom Mud Material: Volcanic Stone, Light Stone, Thin Filter Sponge, Foam Plastic Cloth, Water Moss, Planting Soil (Peat soil, Vermiculite, Perlite) Material: Dynasty Jade Stone, Tank divider, Landscaping Glue, fish tank coral decorations Plants: Leucobryum juniperoideum, Giraldiella levieri, Metasequoia ...
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Fertilizer production line should be scaled and standardized
If we want to improve the operation level of fertilizer production, we need to speed up the improvement of the level of complete fertilizer production line plant. We need to cultivate a new type of fertilizer equipment operation and service main body, and support the development of complete fertilizer production equipment better. Then fertilizer processing enterprises should also make fertilizer ...
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Tree Spade: Great Contributor in Transplanting Trees
Trees release oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, clean air, cool cities, shade homes, reduce the cost of energy and increase beauty and value of property. So, a world-wise green movement is growing. Nurserymen’s job The human being has been more concerned and more conscious about his own existence and is trying to increase tree population everywhere. Simultaneously the business of nurseries ...
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