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Plant Factory

An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production

Paperback Engels 2019 9780128166918
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Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production, Second Edition presents a comprehensive look at the implementation of plant factory (PF) practices to yield food crops for both improved food security and environmental sustainability. Edited and authored by leading experts in PF and controlled environment agriculture (CEA), the book is divided into five sections, including an Overview and the Concept of Closed Plant Production Systems (CPPS), the Basics of Physics and Physiology – Environments and Their Effects, System Design, Construction, Cultivation and Management and Plant Factories in Operation.

In addition to new coverage on the rapid advancement of LED technology and its application in indoor vertical farming, other revisions to the new edition include updated information on the status of business R&D and selected commercial PFALs (plant factory with artificial lighting). Additional updates include those focused on micro and mini-PFALs for improving the quality of life in urban areas, the physics and physiology of light, the impact of PFAL on the medicinal components of plants, and the system design, construction, cultivation and management issues related to transplant production within closed systems, photoautotrophic micro-propagation and education, training and intensive business forums on PFs.

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ISBN13:9780128166918
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback

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<p>Part 1: Overview and concept of closed plant production system (CPPS)<br>1. Introduction<br>2. Role of the plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL) in urban areas<br>3. PFAL business and R&D in Asia and North America: Status and perspectives<br>4. Vertical farming in Europe: Present status and outlook<br>5. Plant factory as a resource-efficient closed plant production system<br>6. Micro- and mini-PFALs for improving the quality of life in urban areas<br>7. Rooftop plant production systems in urban areas</p> <p>Part 2: Basics of physics and physiology - Environments and their effects<br>8. Light sources<br>9. Plant responses to light<br>10. LED advancements for plant-factory artificial lighting<br>11. Physical environmental factors and their properties<br>12. Photosynthesis and respiration<br>13. Growth, development, transpiration, and translocation as affected by abiotic environmental factors<br>14. Nutrition and nutrient uptake in soilless culture systems<br>15. Tipburn<br>16. Functional components in leafy vegetables<br>17. Medicinal components<br>18. Production of pharmaceuticals in a specially designed plant factory</p> <p>Part 3: System design, construction, cultivation and management<br>19. Plant production process, floor plan, and layout of PFAL<br>20. Hydroponic systems<br>21. Seeding, seedling production and transplanting<br>22. Transplant production in closed systems<br>23. Photoautotrophic micropropagation<br>24. Biological factor management<br>25. Design and management of PFALs<br>26. Automated technology in plant factories with artificial lighting<br>27. Life cycle assessment<br>28. Education, training, and business workshops and forums  on plant factories</p> <p>Part 4: PFALs in operation and its perspectives<br>29. Selected PFALs in the United States, the Netherlands, and China<br>30. Selected PFALs in Japan<br>31. Representative plant factories in Taiwan<br>32. Challenges for the next-generation PFALs<br>33. Conclusions: Resource-saving and resource-consuming characteristics of PFALs</p>

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