New methods and technologies used in horticulture farming
Horticulture is a branch of agriculture, dealing with the cultivation of garden crops (To know details on horticultural crops visit Horticulture and its branches and Horticultural crop vs field and forestry crops). The interventions of scientists in the conventional cultivation approaches have helped the agriculture industry to get various valuable technologies, which are efficient enough to carry out all the farm operations very effectively improving the quality and yield of farm produce. A few of these technologies are enlisted below-
1. Smart farming
2. Moisture meter
3. Soil nutrient analyzer
4. Vertical gardening
5. Hydroponics
6. Soil less farming
7. Aeroponics
8. Aquaponics
9. Precision farming
10. Rhizosphere Hybridization
11. Mechanized Harvesting of Fruit and vegetables
12. Automation of farm
13. Use of Renewable energy
14. Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning based farming
15. Use of crop yield prediction models
16. Sensor-based farming and many more...