Supplemental lighting is often necessary for year-round greenhouse production of ornamentals and vegetables. However, the cost of providing supplemental light is high. It is therefore important that supplemental light is provided in a way that provides the greatest benefits for the crop, at the lowest possible price. To do so, it is important to understand […]
How Could AI Improve Controlled Environment Agriculture?
Plant Responses to Integrated Light and CO2 Control
Horticultural Lighting Systems Energy Savings Calculations Source
The webinar “Horticultural lighting systems energy-savings calculations” was presented by Dr. AJ Both from Rutgers University and Dr. Neil Mattson from Cornell University about Supplemental lighting is a major cost component for controlled environment agriculture facilities. While lamp efficiency (efficacy) is an important factor, other key factors include crop needs (intensity and duration), cropping strategy […]
Greenhouse Solar Spectral Measurements Offer Powerful Future Farming Tool
LED Basics Applied to Horticulture Lighting Systems
This webinar will first give a brief overview of LED design and manufacturing, including the different types of LEDs used in horticultural lighting. We will then discuss the state of the LED manufacturing industry and prospects for future improvement in higher efficiency operation and lower costs, and how this may impact the future adoption of […]
Can far-red light improve plant growth?
Consistent Crops Require Consistent Light
GLASE Provides Analysis of CEA Market Growth to Industry Members
One of the benefits offered by the Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium to its industry members is its Industry Talks series. This series of informal conversations are presented by academics and field experts who focus on topics suggested by the consortium’s industry members. During the consortium’s Industry Talks presentation in August, GLASE executive […]
New Research LED Fixture for Plant Growth
GLASE Uses Outreach Activities to Inform and Educate Growers, Manufacturers and Suppliers
Growing the World’s Food in Greenhouses
Neil Mattson, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section, spent his childhood on a farm with flower and vegetable gardens. “If you know how to grow your own food, you’ll never go hungry,” Mattson recalls his grandmother, who grew up during the Great Depression, saying. “That ethos has carried with me.” And it has carried […]