Advances and Trends in Development of Plant Factories

Download or read book Advances and Trends in Development of Plant Factories written by Alejandro Isabel Luna-Maldonado and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2017-03-22 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plant factory is a facility that aids the steady production of high-quality vegetables all year round by artificially controlling the cultivation environment (e.g., light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, and culture solution), allowing growers to plan production. By controlling theinternal environment,plant factories can produce vegetables about two to four times faster than by typical outdoor cultivation. In addition, as multiple cultivation shelves (a multi-shelf system) are used, the mass production of vegetables in a small space is facilitated. This research topic presents some new trends on intelligent measuring systems; environment controlled and optimization; flavonoids; phenylpropanoids, transcriptomes, and bacteria.