The "Plant Factory", an efficient production system for chinese biological plants, has been put into operation.

Planting potatoes on Mars will no longer be just a bridge in a sci-fi movie.
a way of growing vegetables that don't need soil or sunlight is becoming possible.
new research from the Institute of Plant Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that this seemingly distant form of cultivation has "landed" and scaled up production, which scientists call a "plant factory".
Not long ago, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Plant Institute and Fujian San'an Group co-founded the Chinese Science and Technology Bio in Anxi, Fujian Province, built 10,000 square meters of plant efficient production system and officially put into production - this is currently the largest single area, all-artificial light type, 100,000-level clean plant "plant factory."
April 26th, an online reporter from China Youth Daily came to the world's largest "plant factory" to find out.
into the factory building, the first thing that came to my eye was the colorful lights and six neatly arranged nutrition shelves - the "sunshine" and "soil" needed for vegetables to grow, and the biggest mystery of the "plant factory".
Li Shaohua, a researcher at the Institute of Plant Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of the Institute of Chinese Academy of Biological Sciences, said that in a relatively confined space, vegetables can thrive and are inextricable to the appropriate lighting conditions.
different plants have different needs for light, providing the most suitable lighting conditions for the growth and development of plants, known by scientists as the "light formula."
Li Shaohua says conventionally believe that controlling temperature and carbon dioxide supply can affect plant yield and quality, but recent tests have found that adjusting "light formulations" is more efficient.
the "highest stage of development" of facility agriculture by automatically controlling environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide concentration of plant fertility through computer.
followed by "soil".
in "plant factories", vegetables grow not in soil, but in nutrients.
plants, under the "artificial light", enjoy a special "diet" prepared for them by nutrients, growing tall day by day.
Li Shaohua said that these carefully modulation of nutrients can provide plants with a variety of nutrients in a timely and effective manner, but also to maximize the nutritional requirements of different periods of plant growth, coordination of plant growth needs of water, fertilizer, gas, temperature and other conditions.
Joyingly, in "plant factories", from germination to cultivation to final harvesting, the entire vegetable cycle is only 35 days and can be recycled day and night throughout the year.
is a disruption to the traditional agricultural production model, which is not subject to the natural environment and produces around the clock.
, a senior engineer at the Institute of Plant Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Center for Biological Research and Development of Chinese Science, told reporters that this can not only solve food safety problems to a certain extent, but also greatly improve land utilization.
it's not easy to walk into such a "plant factory."
in the "plant factory" production workshop, staff must wear protective masks, gloves, two layers of protective clothing, and through multiple disinfection procedures before they are allowed to "go in."
told reporters that the move is to prevent vegetable pests and diseases will lead to factors brought in.
therefore, no pesticides need to be sprayed during the full growth cycle of the crop, and therefore no washing is required before the table is set.
It's worth noting that it's not just urban agriculture, it can also be applied to areas such as defense equipment, ocean-going ships, desert desert desert islands, for example, where border guards can produce fresh vegetables in solar-powered "plant factories."
in short, "plant factory" technology is particularly suitable for those living in special circumstances, providing life support systems such as food.
the most special environment for people is far from space.
who have seen the film Mars Rescue should be no stranger to potatoes on Mars.
, these are sci-fi plots, but they also paint a picture of the future of "plant factory" technology in the future of aerospace applications, said Mr. Yan.
fact, as early as 2014, NASA began growing lettuce on the International Space Station, where astronauts could taste their own vegetables.
said that astronauts usually eat compressed packaged food, can eat fresh vegetables, "is a very enjoyable thing."
learned that the first fresh vegetables from the International Space Station were grown in a microwave oven-sized box with built-in LED lights.
astronaut Scott Kelly and two other astronauts tasted space lettuce and even called it "wonderful."
october 17 last year, China's Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft launched successfully.
said he was thrilled when he saw it on TV.
even more heartening, he found that astronauts aboard the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft had begun experiments to grow lettuce in space.
means that the application of "plant factory" technology in the field of aerospace in China is getting closer and closer.
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