Portable Aeroponic System (PAS) for the cultivation of plants in homes

• Grant number: 16/21643-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: August 01, 2017
• End date: June 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Principal Investigator: Alex Humberto Calori
• Grantee: Alex Humberto Calori
• Company: Alex Humberto Calori - ME
• Pesquisadores principais: Thiago Leandro Factor
• Associated researchers: José Rodrigues Magalhães Filho ; Luis Felipe Villani Purquerio
• Associated research grant(s): 18/04421-4 - Portable Aeroponic System for plant growth: artificial lighting (led) and advanced prototyping, AP.PIPE
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/15839-7 - Portable Aeroponic System (PAS) for the cultivation of plants in homes, BP.PIPE

Abstract

A portable device that allows growing vegetables in domestic environments (indoor), may be a useful strategy to meet a market that is demanding in fresh, ready to use and high quality products. Also, it can satisfy the consumers who have little (or no) space for the use of the conventional production way (home gardens) and those demanding in natural products, free of pesticides. However, for the development of this instrument in Brazil, several challenges still need to be overcome. as: i) the lighting system; ii) the type of substrate; iii) the type of nebulizer (output rate and numbers), iv) as well as the installation and operation of the equipment (prototype). (AU)