The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Agrophysical Research Institute" (FSBI API) participated in the exhibition of the Central Museum of Soil Science named after V.V. Dokuchaev, a branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution of the Federal Research Center "V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Institute" (CMP named after V.V. Dokuchaev) from 30.03.2026 to 04/10.2026. The festival "To the museum – today, to science – tomorrow!".
The AFI Federal State Budgetary Budgetary Institution provided for display an original mock–up created by the hands of the institute's staff with a demonstration of the possibilities of using scalable phytotechnological complexes in the Arctic, as well as a small–sized vegetative device - a model of a phytotechnical complex - with growing lettuce, tomato, and pepina plants.
The layout reflects the essence of the idea of the project "Scalable phytotechnical complexes for year-round production of high-quality plant products in the conditions of the Russian Arctic." The implementation of the project will provide an opportunity, regardless of the environmental conditions, to grow a wide range of vegetable crops, as well as medicinal and ornamental plants in close proximity to people's places of residence or work.
Phytotechnological complexes are essentially agrobiological and technogenic systems consisting of an engineering and technical facility with a system for automatically maintaining microclimate parameters and vegetation and irradiation equipment with resource-saving technologies for the production of high-quality plant products, as well as a set of the most adapted to the growing conditions of varieties and hybrids of crops with high productivity potential and development rate.
The project contains more than a dozen new technical and technological solutions based on the knowledge and long-term experience of the FSBSI API in the field of light physiology and light culture of plants. In particular, the light environment of plants is created through the use of energy-efficient LED units with automatically adjustable luminous flux intensity of optimized spectral composition. The root habitat of plants is formed on the principle of intensive plant cultivation by the method of panoponics using thin-layer or low-volume analogues of soils with a circulating nutrient solution of optimized composition for the cultivated crop.
The ability to scale phytotechnical complexes from a separate mini-installation built into the interior of an apartment or grocery store to industrial plant factories will significantly improve the situation with providing a variety of fresh, high-quality plant products, primarily to the population living in the northern regions of Russia and in environmental risk zones, within 3-5 years.
A small–sized vegetation device – a model of a phytotechnical complex - with growing lettuce, tomato, and pepina plants is designed to demonstrate the possibility of year-round cultivation of leafy, root, fruit, and vegetable crops, as well as medicinal and ornamental plants, and stable programmed production of high yields of high-quality plant products based on consumers (apartments, offices, etc.), regardless of the conditions. the natural environment.
