NE164: Decision Support for Design and Control of Plant Growth Systems
Statement of Issues and Justification
Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) is an extremely high-value system of crop agricultural production. It is also very dependent on advanced technologies. Detailed understanding of the interaction between physical and biological components of this system is essential for its success. Decision-support models that link plant performance with environmental variables must be developed and then coupled with efficient and economic controls within an environmentally sustainable system. Because of the broad range of greenhouse crops and differences in prevailing environmental conditions associated with different climatic zones decision support systems are needed that are broadly applicable. The interdisciplinary cooperation of horticultural physiologists and agricultural engineers of this project is needed to address this complex technology.
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