Urban Ag News proud to feature Dr. Chieri Kubota’s class on Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology. Dr. Kubota was a professor at the University of Arizona and is moving to The Ohio State University this summer. Week 5-2: Energy balance 1 This week, you will complete the “Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions” by taking the last lecture on humidity. […]
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Urban Ag News proud to feature Dr. Chieri Kubota’s class on Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology. Dr. Kubota was a professor at the University of Arizona and is moving to The Ohio State University this summer. Week 5-1: Humidity This week, you will complete the “Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions” by taking the last lecture on humidity. Then we […]
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Originally published in Issue 10 Which are the best strawberry varieties for greenhouse production? Combining June-bearing and everbearing varieties can help ensure fruit is available during periods of premium pricing. Trying to decide which strawberry varieties to produce in a controlled environment production system can be a challenge for growers using field-bred varieties. Mark Kroggel, […]
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Urban Ag News proud to feature Dr. Chieri Kubota’s class on Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology. Dr. Kubota was a professor at the University of Arizona and is moving to The Ohio State University this summer. Week 4-2: Temperature This week, you will take the 3rd series of lectures discussing “Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions”. The environmental factors that […]
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Urban Ag News proud to feature Dr. Chieri Kubota’s class on Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology. Dr. Kubota was a professor at the University of Arizona and is moving to The Ohio State University this summer. Week 4-1: Wind This week, you will take the 3rd series of lectures discussing “Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions”. The environmental factors that […]
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Urban Ag News proud to feature Dr. Chieri Kubota’s class on Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology. Dr. Kubota was a professor at the University of Arizona and is moving to The Ohio State University this summer. Week 3-2: CO2 This week, you will take the second series of lectures discussing “Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions”. The environmental factors that […]
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Urban Ag News proud to feature Dr. Chieri Kubota’s class on Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology. Dr. Kubota was a professor at the University of Arizona and is moving to The Ohio State University this summer. Week 3-1: Photoperiod This week, you will take the second series of lectures discussing “Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions”. The environmental factors that […]
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Urban Ag News proud to feature Dr. Chieri Kubota’s class on Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology. Dr. Kubota was a professor at the University of Arizona and is moving to The Ohio State University this summer. Week 2-2: Light Intensity and quality 2 This week, you will take the first series of lectures discussing “Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions”. […]
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Originally published in Issue 9 Greenhouse growers looking to diversify into edible crops may want to consider strawberries, which can be adapted to production systems they are currently using for other crops. Greenhouse growers looking to diversify their product mix with a fall to spring edible crop might want to consider strawberries. “There is still […]
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Urban Ag News proud to feature Dr. Chieri Kubota’s class on Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology. Dr. Kubota was a professor at the University of Arizona and is moving to The Ohio State University this summer. Week 2-1: Light Intensity and quality 1 This week, you will take the first series of lectures discussing “Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions”. […]
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Urban Ag News is proud to feature Dr. Chieri Kubota’s class on Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology. Dr. Kubota was a professor at the University of Arizona and is moving to The Ohio State University this summer. Week 1: Introduction This lecture shows the various applications of controlled environment agriculture (or protected cultivation) to give a good introduction […]
Continue ReadingUniversity of Arizona and Philips Lighting collaborated to create improved lighting for plant production in Mars-lunar greenhouses Non-water-cooled LED lights used 56 percent less energy; more than doubling production of edible biomass per kilowatt-hour (kWh) compared to previous water-cooled high pressure sodium system Research findings to inform development of new innovations in urban farming SOMERSET, […]
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Click here to download the issue. Urban Ag News Issue 12 | January 2016 Urban Ag News’ Issue 12 cover story on Westland Orchids and Westland Produce focuses on the father-son team of Jerry and David Van Wingerden. Find out how their companies have evolved to stay relevant and profitable as the horticulture industry has changed. If […]
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Urban Ag News invites you to participate in an academic research survey on intensive greenhouse and indoor production of food and ornamental crops. Help us in supporting the universities conducting this research! Dear Grower, We are horticultural scientists doing academic research in controlled-environment agriculture, including indoor as well as greenhouse production of ornamental and […]
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