PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plant cultivation apparatus capable of efficiently promoting low-cost and highly accurate cultivation experiment and research.SOLUTION: A growth space 12 which is partitioned from outside within a minimum range housing a predetermined minimum number of plants is formed inside an apparatus body 11, and a plant cultivation apparatus comprises a camera 21 which captures an image of plants being raised in the state where plants are housed in the growth space 12, a light source for imaging 20 which applies light for imaging when capturing an image of the plant, and control means of light source for imaging (control unit 100) which is capable of controlling the light source for imaging 20 and limits the application of light when capturing an image of the plant within a predetermined time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】低コストで精度の高い栽培実験や研究を効率良く促進させることができる植物栽培装置を提供する。【解決手段】装置本体11の内部に、所定の最小株数の植物を収納する最小限の範囲で外部から区画された生育空間12が形成され、生育空間12に植物を収納したままの状態で、生育中の植物を撮影するカメラ21と植物の撮影時に撮影用の光を照射する撮影用光源20と、撮影用光源20を制御可能であり、植物の撮影時における光の照射を所定時間内に制限する撮影用光源制御手段(コントロールユニット100)を備える。【選択図】図1
