{"id":18746,"date":"2023-12-29T04:20:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T22:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18746"},"modified":"2025-04-05T12:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T07:19:48","slug":"what-is-esoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-esoil\/","title":{"rendered":"What is eSoil?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About eSoil:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In hydroponic environments, eSoil is a <strong>low-power bioelectronic growth substrate<\/strong> that can electrically stimulate the root system and growth environment of plants.<\/li>\n<li>This novel substrate is not only environmentally friendly, being <strong>derived from cellulose and a conductive polymer called PEDOT<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It offers a <strong>low energy, safe alternative<\/strong> to previous methods that required high voltage and non-biodegradable materials.<\/li>\n<li>It uses low energy and minimises resource consumption.<\/li>\n<li>Its active material is an <strong>organic mixed-ionic electronic conductor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>How does eSoil work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>When the roots of barley seedlings were electrically stimulated for 15 days, they showed a 50% increase in growth using eSoil.<\/li>\n<li>This research promotes more effective and sustainable development while increasing the variety of crops that can be grown hydroponically.<\/li>\n<li>In hydroponics, plants are grown without soil, requiring only water, nutrients and a substrate &#8211; something for their roots to attach to.<\/li>\n<li>This closed system <strong>allows water to be recirculated<\/strong>, ensuring that each seedling receives exactly the nutrients it needs.<\/li>\n<li>As a result, <strong>very little wateris used<\/strong> and all the nutrients remain in the system &#8211; something that is not possible with conventional farming.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefit: <\/strong>It can help in areas with little arable land and harsh environmental conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1:What is an electrical conductor?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a substance or material that allows electricity to flow through it. In a conductor, electrical charge carriers, usually electrons or ions, move easily from atom to atom when voltage is applied.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/technology\/science\/esoil-plant-growth-electronic-soil-9084927\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Researchers develop \u2018electronic soil\u2019 to enhance crop growth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eSoil is a low-power bioelectronic growth substrate that can electrically stimulate the root system and growth environment of plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}