{"product_id":"instant-insights-controlled-environment-agriculture-9781835452547","title":"Instant Insights: Controlled Environment Agriculture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book features five peer-reviewed reviews on controlled environment agriculture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first chapter summarises rapid improvements in the technology used for plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs), including developments in automation, lighting, climate control, sensors and algorithms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second chapter briefly discusses the sustainability of indoor vertical farms (IVF) and details best practices for conducting an environmental sustainability assessment of IVFs using the life cycle assessment methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third chapter reviews the advent of soilless culture systems (SCSs) and their role in supporting the transition to a more sustainable agriculture. The chapter considers the range and variety of horticultural crops which can be grown in SCSs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth chapter details recent advances in screenhouse design for protected cultivation and describes the common types of structures and materials used by growers. The chapter also addresses whether increasing water-use efficiency in screenhouses is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final chapter provides an overview of the ornamentals industry and the technological advances improving its efficiency and sustainability, such as the implementation of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems to manipulate plant growth and development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarcelis, Leo F. M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eProfessor Marcelis is Head of the Horticulture and Product Physiology Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. The Group is widely regarded as one of the world's leading university centres of expertise on greenhouse cultivation and vertical farming. Professor Marcelis is an internationally-recognised authority on the use of light in greenhouse and other protected systems to optimise crop production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGruda, Nazim S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Nazim S. Gruda\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Horticulture at the University of Bonn, Germany. Professor Gruda is internationally-renowned for his research and over 250 publications in areas such as soilless culture, controlled environment cultivation and product quality of horticultural crops. He is Chair of an International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Working Group and has edited \u003ci\u003eActa Horticulturae\u003c\/i\u003e for the ISHS. In recognition of his research, Professor Gruda was awarded the 2003 \"Dr. Heinrich-Baur-Prize\" by the Technical University of Munich, Germany, the 2017 \"National Scientific Prize\" by the Albanian Academy of Science, and the status of \"Distinguished Scientist\" by the Chinese Academy of Science in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572160921874,"sku":"9781835452547","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba94409c-168f-40e5-b460-20f4c8f19872.jpg?v=1755855154","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/instant-insights-controlled-environment-agriculture-9781835452547","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}