MICROCOSM FOR GROWING PLANTS UNDER BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC CONDITIONING

The Microcosm for the raising of plants under biotic and abiotic conditioning allows to grow terrestrial plants in a confined environment and in given environmental conditions. It is an environment in which it is possible to control and manage different and diversified microenvironmental conditions between the part intended to house the epigean part and the part intended to house the underground part of the plants. Inside, it is also possible to grow organisms of different nature both in planta and in the cultivation environment of the plant, limiting the diffusion of symbionts, pathogens and parasites, both from the external environment and towards the external environment. Modularity, sectionability and accessibility enable the apparatus to be utilized in extremely diversified research actions. The reduced dimensions enable the apparatus to be placed in environments with small extension and to be located both in indoor and outdoor environments. The equipment is designed so as to be able to house sensor systems for monitoring various micro-environmental parameters. The system enables remote management of all the functions, thus making possible placing the apparatus even in less accessible environments. The Microcosm is under a national and international patent procedure (ENEA 813 patent).