Greenhouse – Aeroponic cultivation

• Life & Medical Sciences

This facility is designed to support projects and validation activities in the agri-food sector.

It is equipped with key technologies, including a greenhouse with temperature, lighting, and humidity control, an aeroponic cultivation system, and a rhizotron. These systems enable operations with traceability and reproducibility.

The facility offers services such as variety and cultivation system trials, irrigation and nutrient optimization, and sensor and lighting validation. These services include trial planning, data collection, and results analysis.

Equipment

• 800 m² greenhouse with bench-based rhizotron cultivation and full climate control, including temperature, lighting, and relative humidity.
• Containment level: NC-P 2.
• Biological containment level: NCB1-P.
• Seven rhizotron lines, each 100 metres long and 1.5 metres wide, with an annual production capacity of up to 200,000 potato tubers.
• Robotic systems for controlling water supply and nutrient formulation independently on each production line.
• Real-time sensors for adjusting nutrient formulations and monitoring plant water stress.
• Specialized cultivation systems optimized for potato production and other root vegetables.
• Passive biosecurity systems to exclude insect vectors of common plant diseases, including anti-thrips, anti-aphid, and anti-leafhopper mesh screens.

• Variety and cultivation system trials
• Irrigation and nutrient optimization
• Sensor and lighting validation

NEIKER

Arkaute Agri-Food Campus, N-104, km. 355 – 01192, Arkaute (Alava)

Livestock and Agricultural Production

Application sectors

• Agri-food sector