An Examination of the Science of Soilless Culture: A New Approach to Crop Production

Abstract

As civilisation spreads around the globe, soil-based 
agriculture faces many significant obstacles, including a 
decline in the amount of land available per person. In 
addition, land agriculture will continue to face difficult 
challenges as a result of the fast urbanisation and 
industrialisation, as well as the concerns posed by climate 
change and its associated negative effects. In the near 
future, it will be difficult to feed everyone utilising a soil 
field system due to these conditions. In order to address 
these issues, soil-less cultivation is, of course, becoming 
more important. The cultivation of plants that mimic soil
based gardening utilising a variety of growth medium, 
such as inorganic, organic, and synthetic substrates, is 
known as "soilless culture." The fastest-growing area of 
agriculture is soilless cultivation, which may spur future 
food production. As soil growing conditions become 
more challenging, the sector is anticipated to increase 
rapidly in the future. Utilising artificial substrates in a 
soilless cultivation system would minimise the need for 
pesticides to manage pests and diseases while 
maximising the usage of water and fertilisers. Superior 
quality, high yield, quick harvest, and high nutritional 
content are all characteristics of plants cultivated in soil
free culture. However, there is a lack of customary 
familiarity and inadequate transmission of its accessible 
technology in undeveloped nations.