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Define hydroponics.

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Cultivation of plants by placing the roots in the nutrient solution without any soil is called hydroponics. It is also known as soilless culture/ water culture/ solution culture. It is used to determine which elements are essential for plant growth and what symptoms are produced by the absence or deficiency of essential elements.

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