COST OF HYDROPONICALLY GROWN FODDER IN HYDROPONIC STRUCTURE

R.G. TAYADE¹*, S.V. GUPTA², B.N. PATIL³, M.M. DESHMUKH^4
1Department of Farm Structure, PGI, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, 444104, India
²Department of Farm Structure, PGI, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, 444104, India
³Department of Agriculture Process Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, India
⁴Department of Farm Power and machinery, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, India
* Corresponding Author : rgtayade1126@gmail.com

Received : 03-08-2018     Accepted : 11-08-2018     Published : 15-08-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 15       Pages : 6866 - 6867
Int J Agr Sci 10.15 (2018):6866-6867

Keywords : Hydroponic Structure, Shade net, Automization, Trays, Nutrient Content
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. Maharashtra
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The Study entitled with “cost of hydroponically grown fodder in hydroponic structure” was conducted for period of 120 days at Deptt of Farm structure, Dr. PDKV, Akola. Hydroponic structure was constructed using U-PVC Pipes with external dimensions such as 3m height x 2m width x 3m length and it consist of six internal rack structure with size of 0.45 m height x 0.45 m width x 0.8 m length. The internal structure was equipped with 54 plastic hydroponic trays with size of 0.45 m length × 0.30 m width × 0.15 m height, which was equipped with semi-automated sprayer irrigation. Hydroponic structure was covered with 50% UV stabilized shade net. In order to control the internal temperature of hydroponic structure, proper spraying of water was carried out at regular interval per day automatically to get a range of 25 - 300C temperature and 65-70% relative humidity. It was observed that in hydroponic structure the biometric characters such as plant height 28.55 cm, weight of tray (5.50 Kg per tray) and total yield (120Kg).

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