Comparing indoor farming using farmbot with conventional farming

Yap, Keng Onn (2020) Comparing indoor farming using farmbot with conventional farming. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Indoor farming has become one of the popular farming method for urban people. This is because normally city do not have much spaces to do farming activities. In this situation, most of the urban people have their own work to handle to be able to sustain in the city, so they do not have much time to do farming activities. To resolve this problem, by using FarmBot to do indoor farming allows user with internet connection to maintain their farm anywhere and anytime. In using FarmBot to do indoor farming, artificial lighting must be present to allow plant growth. Blue and red light were found to be the best light ray for plant growth. Furthermore, light intensity and temperature are among the most important factors for plant growth. In this experiment, Dwarf Bak Choy were used as the crop to plant indoor using FarmBot. The light intensity should be more than 1000 lumen in growing and the temperature should be between 30°C-35°C. The height of the Dwarf Bak Choy using FarmBot to grow is 21.1% smaller than the conventional growing method of Dwarf Bak Choy. The growing period are double and also the leaf area index are 11.5% lower comparing the FarmBot growing method with conventional growing method respectively. Finally, the higher concentration of fertilizer was needed when growing Dwarf Bak Choy using FarmBot compare to conventional growing method

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	Ms. AZLINA ZAINAL ABIDIN
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2022 08:22
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2022 08:22
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/567

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