Recent Trends in the Cultivation of Vegetable Crops: A review

Abstract

As population increases all around the world the food demand increases as well. Humans need to endure water, food and living habitat. What concern is that the existing agriculture system will not be able to meet the food demand soon as this system is facing many challenges. The objective of this review article is to discuss the soilless culture technologies, vegetable crops cultivation, advantages and challenges of hydroponic greenhouse system. Soilless cultivation is better option in the sense of utilization of inputs and improved crop production. Soilless culture systems are modern agriculture techniques that use substrate medias with the nutrient solution or the nutrient solution alone rather than soil for crop production.