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Journal articles on the topic "Indoor plants Cultivation"
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Shibusawa, Naoe, Shigeru Matsuyama, and Ryo Ohsawa. "The influence of the cultivation environment on the fragrance of cyclamens." Horticultural Science 45, No. 3 (September 5, 2018): 145–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/110/2017-hortsci.
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The scent of scented cyclamen flowers weakens when the plants are displayed for long periods, and this phenomenon is affected by the environment in which the plants are displayed. Counteracting environmental effects on scent intensity requires an understanding of floral scent emission during display. Here, we used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and sensory analysis to evaluate the influence of light intensity on floral scent emission from scented cyclamens kept indoors and in a greenhouse. For the greenhouse cyclamen, odour intensity was nearly constant throughout the study period. In contrast, the odour intensity of the indoor plants had decreased by 13 days after flowering, and the odour intensities of the indoor and greenhouse cyclamen differed significantly. Rank correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between odour intensity as determined by sensory analysis and the total amount of volatile compounds released as determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. That is, the sensory analysis results could be explained in terms of the emission amounts of odour compounds.
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Sulistyanto, M. Prayadi, and Ronny Dwi Agusulistyo. "Cultivation investigation of Brazilian Spinach through Indoor Hydroponic System." International Journal of Applied Sciences and Smart Technologies 5, no. 2 (December 26, 2023): 201–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.24071/ijasst.v5i2.7030.
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Agriculture is a vital sector for a nation's livelihood. However, in the near future, the agricultural sector faces various challenges, particularly related to environmental and cultural issues. In this era of digital transformation, technology plays a crucial role in the agricultural field. Research is conducted to control the quality of nutrition and water intake for hydroponic plants to ensure their healthy and high-quality growth. The controlled parameters for nutrition include pH and nutrient solution availability, while water intake involves temperature, acidity (pH), electrical conductivity, and nutrient dosage. These parameters are detected by pH sensors, temperature sensors, EC (electric conductivity) sensors, and controlled by microcontrollers. The sensor detection results control the pump operation, ensuring a continuous and quality water intake rate. The growth of Brazilian spinach plants under study is observed with water pH controlled at 6.5 – 7 and nutrient electrical conductivity at 2 – 2.1 ms/cm. Test results demonstrate that the growth of plants in the research growth medium and the comparison growth medium significantly improves, even though the growth is not uniform across all plants. Plants in the research growth medium exhibit significantly better growth compared to those in the comparison growth medium.
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Manjavachi, Matheus Kainan de Paula, Felipe Marques de Lima, Andressa Jociane Franzotti Menas, Bianca Machado de Lima, Tiago José Leme de Lima de Nadai, Thais Queiroz Zorzeto Cesar, and Luis Felipe Villani Purquerio. "Is there potential for hops production in an indoor system using LED lighting?" OBSERVATÓRIO DE LA ECONOMÍA LATINOAMERICANA 22, no. 7 (July 9, 2024): e5740. http://dx.doi.org/10.55905/oelv22n7-124.
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Hops production largely depends on daylength shortening for proper flowering. Innovative systems like indoor cultivation with LED lighting allow a precise control of photoperiod regardless of season. However, such systems are still under development for most crops and there isn’t a solid framework on which indoor hops cultivation can be referred to. The aim of this study is to provide a descriptive report on how hops plants can develop and flower in an indoor system. A growth chamber was designed to accommodate hops plants, providing lighting and two training methods: parallel and spiral. Within 90 days of vegetative growth the plants had substantially developed and photoperiod was reduced from 16 to 10 h. Flowering began 6 days after photoperiod shortening. Spiral training can provide a more ergonomic usage of vertical space, allowing hops plants to better develop length-wise. Although structural adjustments and further research are still needed, there is potential for hops production in an indoor system using LED lighting.
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Breva yunanda, Anton. "IOT Implementation Energy consumption for Indoor Orchid Cultivation based on WeMos." Applied Technology and Computing Science Journal 6, no. 1 (December 8, 2023): 64–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.33086/atcsj.v6i1.4582.
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Orchids are epiphytic plants with high popularity. Orchid is a plant that can process its own nutrients with the help of other media. Parameters that need to be monitored include air temperature, air humidity, and soil moisture. These parameters greatly affect plant growth. Plants can grow well if humidity, temperature, and light intensity are met properly. Good orchid humidity ranges from 50 – 80%. Humidity should not be too high at night and not too low during the day. In addition to humidity, the temperature where you plant orchids must also be maintained. The ideal temperature for orchids is daytime temperatures between 27-30 degrees Celsius and night temperatures between 21-24 degrees Celsius. Based on these problems, a Design and Development Tool for Monitoring Soil Temperature and Moisture on the Growth of Indoor Orchid Plants is Based on WeMos with Indoor Energy. In this design, the results of sensor readings will be displayed in the form of data which will be accessed via the web server on WeMos. To read the temperature, air humidity, and soil moisture, several sensors are used, namely: DHT 22, soil moisture sensor, and a relay connected to a mini water pump using an indoor cultivation method where the energy source uses UV waves by LED light. From the results of the implementation and testing, the growth period will be obtained more faster than the normal cultivation. hopefully, this research will help people who care for orchid plants to be able to monitor their orchid plants efficiently in indoor conditions so that these orchid plants can always be in the best conditions of temperature, light, and soil moisture.
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Avgoustaki. "Optimization of Photoperiod and Quality Assessment of Basil Plants Grown in a Small-Scale Indoor Cultivation System for Reduction of Energy Demand." Energies 12, no. 20 (October 19, 2019): 3980. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12203980.
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Vertical farming is a novel type of food production in indoor environments with artificial lighting and controlled cultivation conditions. In this context, sustainability in small-scale indoor cultivation systems is crucial. Sustainability can be achieved by optimizing all the cultivation factors involved in the production process. The effects of different photoperiod conditions under different timing during plant development—from sowing to germination and maturity—have been studied in a small-scale indoor cultivation area. The main objective of this research was to investigate the possibilities of an optimized photoperiod for basil plants to reduce the energy demand cost of the cultivation unit. Three different photoperiod treatments (P8D16L, P10D14L, and P11D13L) were applied to basil plants with stable light intensity. Furthermore, the photoperiod was shortened to test the reaction of the biomass from the plants in a reduced energy demand system. The dry biomass produced was measured along with the energy consumed in each treatment. The basil quality was assessed by measuring different physiological indices, such as chlorophyll a (Chl a), chlorophyll b (Chl b), total chlorophyll (Chl tot), the fraction of photosynthetically active irradiance absorbed by the leaf, and leaf temperature. The results of the study showed that a shorter photoperiod did not negatively affect the quantity and quality of the basil plants. Continuously, the evaluation of the energy demand variation under the different photoperiod treatments can provide a significant positive impact on the energetic, ecological, and economic aspects of small-scale food production.
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Xie, Xiulan, Hao Cheng, Chenyang Hou, and Maozhi Ren. "Integration of Light and Auxin Signaling in Shade Plants: From Mechanisms to Opportunities in Urban Agriculture." International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 7 (March 22, 2022): 3422. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23073422.
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With intensification of urbanization throughout the world, food security is being threatened by the population surge, frequent occurrence of extreme climate events, limited area of available cultivated land, insufficient utilization of urban space, and other factors. Determining the means by which high-yielding and high-quality crops can be produced in a limited space is an urgent priority for plant scientists. Dense planting, vertical production, and indoor cultivation are effective ways to make full use of space and improve the crop yield. The results of physiological and molecular analyses of the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana have shown that the plant response to shade is the key to regulating the plant response to changes in light intensity and quality by integrating light and auxin signals. In this study, we have summarized the major molecular mechanisms of shade avoidance and shade tolerance in plants. In addition, the biotechnological strategies of enhancing plant shade tolerance are discussed. More importantly, cultivating crop varieties with strong shade tolerance could provide effective strategies for dense planting, vertical production, and indoor cultivation in urban agriculture in the future.
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Zandkarimi, Fereshteh, John Decatur, John Casali, Tina Gordon, Christine Skibola, and Colin Nuckolls. "Comparison of the Cannabinoid and Terpene Profiles in Commercial Cannabis from Natural and Artificial Cultivation." Molecules 28, no. 2 (January 13, 2023): 833. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28020833.
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Interest in cultivating cannabis for medical and recreational purposes is increasing due to a dramatic shift in cannabis legislation worldwide. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of the composition of secondary metabolites, cannabinoids, and terpenes grown in different environmental conditions is of primary importance for the medical and recreational use of cannabis. We compared the terpene and cannabinoid profiles using gas/liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry for commercial cannabis from genetically identical plants grown indoors using artificial light and artificially grown media or outdoors grown in living soil and natural sunlight. By analyzing the cannabinoids, we found significant variations in the metabolomic profile of cannabis for the different environments. Overall, for both cultivars, there were significantly greater oxidized and degraded cannabinoids in the indoor-grown samples. Moreover, the outdoor-grown samples had significantly more unusual cannabinoids, such as C4- and C6-THCA. There were also significant differences in the terpene profiles between indoor- and outdoor-grown cannabis. The outdoor samples had a greater preponderance of sesquiterpenes including β-caryophyllene, α-humulene, α-bergamotene, α-guaiene, and germacrene B relative to the indoor samples.
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Chiarakul, Prayuth, Sarin Pinich, and Atch Sreshthaputra. "Monitoring Environmental Factors Associated with Indoor Growth Chambers and Greenhouses for Cannabis Cultivation." Journal of Architectural/Planning Research and Studies (JARS) 21, no. 2 (May 14, 2024): 387–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.56261/jars.v21.264823.
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Greenhouse cultivation has no seasonal limitations and research is being conducted globally to assess control of environmental factors within greenhouses to optimize growing conditions. Attempts to improve the environmental factors in greenhouse cultivation include control of temperature, relative humidity, light intensity, carbon dioxide level, and air flow rate. Furthermore, indoor cultivation systems (growth chambers) have been developed and researched for comparison with greenhouse cultivation. In our study, comparative environmental data were collected in association with cannabis cultivation for a greenhouse and growth chamber, since commercial cannabis cultivation can include such methods. Accordingly, the data in this research were collected by choosing the same cannabis cultivars for both cultivation methods and by controlling the internal growing environments that affected cultivation. Data also were collected on the plant biochemical properties over the same time period and the collected data were analyzed using psychrometric charts. The findings of this research show that if the internal environment of the indoor cultivation method is well-regulated, better results in cannabidiol (CBD) extraction from blossoms can be achieved as compared to greenhouse cultivation, in which environmental regulation is less precise. Therefore, we conclude that if we can control the internal environment of greenhouse cultivation to be similar to the indoor cultivation method, the productivity of the two methods should be similar. The findings of this research can be used to develop greenhouse cultivation methods for other plants in order to improve future productivity and efficiency.
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Inthima, Phithak, and Kanyaratt Supaibulwatana. "Comparative Growth and Bacoside Production in Diploid and Tetraploid Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. Cultivated Indoors via Hydroponic and Soil Culture Systems." Horticulturae 10, no. 6 (May 31, 2024): 574. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10060574.
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Bacopa monnieri, a cognitive-enhancing herb crucial in health supplements, faces quality variations and contamination by toxic substances in conventional field cultivation, which hinders industrial use. Here, indoor cultivation of diploid (2x) and tetraploid (4x) B. monnieri using hydroponic and soil systems was studied. Soil cultivation promoted longer shoot lengths but resulted in lower biomass and chlorophyll contents compared to hydroponic cultivation. Conversely, soil cultivation significantly elevated total phenolics, total triterpenoids, bacoside A3, and bacopaside X contents in both lines, showing 1.7- to 3.3-fold increases over hydroponic cultivation. Furthermore, 4x plants grown in soil had higher bacopaside II and total bacoside contents than hydroponically grown plants, with 2- and 1.5-fold increases, respectively. Yet, no significant differences were observed in growth and pigment between 2x and 4x lines under the same system. Similarly, no significant differences in bioactive compound productions were found between 2x and 4x hydroponically grown plants. However, in soil, 4x plants exhibited higher total phenolic content, bacopaside II, and total bacoside contents compared to 2x plants. Interestingly, 2x plants grown in soil were the top performers for bacoside production per plant. These findings optimize cultivation practices to meet industry demands, warranting further research into large-scale production techniques.
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Malík, Matěj, Jiří Velechovský, and Pavel Tlustoš. "The overview of existing knowledge on medical cannabis plants growing." Plant, Soil and Environment 67, No. 8 (August 12, 2021): 425–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/96/2021-pse.
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The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes dates back well before the era of modern medicine, but in recent years research into the use of medical cannabis in the medical and pharmaceutical sciences has grown significantly. In European countries, most cannabis plants have been and still are grown for industrial purposes. For this reason, hemp cultivation technology is relatively well researched, while little is known about the key factors affecting cannabis cultivation for medical purposes. The active substances of cannabis plant targeted by this review are called phytocannabinoids. The biosynthesis of phytocannabinoids is relatively well understood, but the specific environmental factors that influence the type and number of phytocannabinoids have been much less studied. Indoor or greenhouse cultivation, which uses automated lighting, ventilation, irrigation systems and complex plant nutrition has become much more sophisticated and appears to be the most effective method for producing medical cannabis. There are many different cultivation systems for cannabis plants, but one of the essential elements of the process is an optimal plant nutrition and selection of fertilisers to achieve it. This review summarises the existing knowledge about phytocannabinoid biosynthesis and the conditions suitable for growing plants as sources of medical cannabis. This review also attempts to delineate how nutrient type and bioavailability influences the synthesis and accumulation of specific phytocannabinoids based on contemporary knowledge of the topic.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Indoor plants Cultivation"
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Cascon, Leandro Matthews. "Indo à raiz da questão: repensando o papel de plantas cultivadas no passado Amazônico através da Etnoarqueologia entre os Assurini do Rio Xingu." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/71/71131/tde-29082017-143606/.
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O presente trabalho constitui um esforço em entender de que formas as plantas cultivadas e perdidas dos Asurini do Rio Xingu (Amazônia) exercem papéis sociais, simbólicos e identitários para este povo, e como estas plantas são incorporadas pelos Asurini em narrativas sobre o seu passado recente. Através de trabalho de campo nas aldeias Itaaka e Kwatinemu Novo, a pesquisa se utilizou das seguintes abordagens: o levantamento bibliográfico sobre a agricultura Asurini; a observação de práticas agrícolas em roças atuais e a visita a roças antigas; a realização de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com mulheres e homens Asurini; a análise de microvestígios botânicos (grãos de amido e fitólitos) de etapas do processamento de mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) observadas em campo, especialmente da produção de farinha. Os dados obtidos por estes diferentes métodos são discutidos tendo em vista o papel social que as plantas atualmente cultivadas e as plantas perdidas na história recente exercem entre os Asurini na atualidade. É também discutido de que forma o estudo da agricultura e o consumo de plantas cultivadas entre os Asurini no passado possa ser uma abordagem frutífera para se pensar o presente e o futuro deste povo.The present work constitutes an effort in understanding in what ways do the cultivated and lost plants of the Asurini of the Xingu River (Amazon) play important social, symbolic and identitary roles for this people, and how these plants are incorporated by the Asurini in narratives regarding their recent past. Through fieldwork in the villages of Itaaka and Kwatinemu Novo, the research utilized the following approaches: a bibliographical survey regarding Asurini agriculture; the observation of agricultural practices in current cultivating fields and the visiting of old fields; the conducting of semi-structured interviews with Asurini women and men; the analysis of botanical microvestiges (starch grains and phyoliths) from manihot (Manihot esculenta Crantz) processing stages observed in the field, especially of flour production. The data obtained by these different methods are discussed regarding the social role that currently cultivated plants and plants lost in recent history exert on the Asurini in modern days. It is also discussed in what way can the study of agriculture and cultivated plant use amongst the Asurini in the past be a fructiferous approach for reflecting on the present and future of this people.
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Ciou, Yu-Wei, and 邱俞瑋. "Investigation of Indoor Plant Cultivation Utilizing Environmental Control Technology." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11811570990258806436.
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The indoor greenhouse is an integrated application system with air-conditioning, mechanical and electrical engineering, biological, and environment. The complement between software and hardware of those components decides the system quality. This paper applies a constant temperature and humidity controllable indoor greenhouse planting environmental system to serve as an indoor environmental greenhouse for the plant growth, germination, differentiation, and reproduction. In this research, the controlled environmental parameters for the pants growth include the temperature, humidity, illumination, and the concentration of carbon dioxide. The research takes the cultivations of the Alfalfa Bud, Hericium, Graptopetalum Paraguayense, and Milk Cabbage as examples to make their growth records and related investigations. In addition, the research also adopts the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique to simulate the temperature, humidity, and airflow velocity inside the environmental control system, makes the comparison with the plants growth results at different locations, and understands the effects. The methodology and results of this thesis could be useful references of the indoor planting in the future.
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Modarelli, Giuseppe Carlo. "Modulation of light spectrum for controlling plant growth and development of flower species for greenhouse cultivation and leafy vegetables for indoor cultivation." Tesi di dottorato, 2020. http://www.fedoa.unina.it/13037/1/Modarelli_GiuseppeCarlo_32.pdf.
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Light represents a key factor for plant development because it drives photosynthesis, growth and morphogenesis. Optimizing plant growth by modulating the light spectrum is an attractive perspective to obtain specific morphological and physiological traits in different plant species.
The aim of this PhD thesis was to investigate the physiological and morphological effects of light modulation on ornamental and vegetable species, and to contribute to the development of new lighting protocols for plant cultivation.
The ornamental species chosen for these studies, was Rannunculus asiaticus L. a quantitative long day geophyte original from the Mediterranean basin and Asia Minor, cultivated for cut stems and potted plant production. In a preliminary experiment, the photosynthetic process was characterized in R. asiaticus plants to reduce the gap of information on the physiology of this species. Plants were grown in pots under controlled environmental conditions at the Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density, PPFD of 200 µmol m-2 s-1, provided by fluorescent white light lamps. We compared two R. asiaticus hybrids, MDR and MBO, and two tuberous root preparation procedures (rehydration (C), rehydration plus vernalization (V)). The results indicated an intrinsic difference between the two hybrids and a hybrid-specific response to the tuberous root preparation procedures in terms of photosynthetic capacity and plant growth. Moreover, the vernalization treatment promoted starch degradation and increased sucrose and amino acids content in the tuberous roots. These findings were confirmed in a second experiment carried out in a cold greenhouse on the same hybrids under different photoperiodic lighting treatments. The treatments consisted in a day extension, by means of fluorescent light or Red and Far Red Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) at a ratio of 3:1 and 1:3 compared to a typical natural daylength (NL, short day) in the period December - March.
Compared to the NL treatment, photoperiodic lighting promoted photochemical processes, reducing the thermal dissipation and the time to complete flowering in both MBO and MDR hybrids; furthermore, in MBO anticipated the formation of flower buds. Photoperiodic lighting also modified the metabolic profile in both hybrids, inducing in MDR hybrid higher soluble sugars, polyphenols, proteins and pigment content, while in MBO higher amino acids and starch content. The R:FR 3:1 treatment promoted the photosynthetic pigments in both hybrids.
The experiments on leafy vegetables were carried out to assess 1) the influence of different blue (B): red (R) ratios (25:75; 20:80 and 10:90 ratios) and 2) the effect of increasing far red (FR) intensity (0, 25, 50, 75 µmol μmol m−2 s−1) over a fixed 20:80 ratio BR spectrum on plant growth, photosynthesis and leaf phenolic compounds in Chicorium endivia L. ‘Lindo’ and Lactuca sativa L. ‘Blackhawk’. The results showed that a precise balance between B and R light is needed to promote photosynthetic activity and plant growth in both species. The addition of different FR light intensities reduced photosynthesis in both species. This decrease was likely linked to ETR drop in lettuce whereas in endive to a reduction of photosynthetic pigment pool. FR light favored the biomass partitioning toward aboveground structures in endive, and both B:R light and FR light affected the polyphenol profile in both species.
In conclusion, light modulation can be considered a powerful tool to modulate qualitative attributes in ornamental plants and leafy vegetables.
The results of this study might have scientific as well as practical implication. The optimized growth protocol could be applied on large scale greenhouses or indoor cultivation systems to increase the plant yield and functional attributes.
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Bhadra, Rajiv. "Establishment, cultivation and optimization of hairy roots of Catharanthus roseus for the synthesis of indole alkaloids." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/19096.
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"Hairy" roots hold the potential for economically feasible biotechnological routes to the controlled biosynthesis of complex, plant-derived, 'natural' molecules. A novel transgenic root system of the tropical plant Catharanthus roseus was established and analyzed for the synthesis of indole alkaloids, including the valuable anti-cancer drugs vinblastine and vincristine. A structured approach to developing the biosynthetic potential of hairy roots is presented: transformation, screening, selection, optimization of culture protocols, and product enhancement.
Five hairy root clones with unoptimized doubling times of 3-4 days and vindoline output of 0.005-0.07% dry weight, were screened from 150 transformants. Hairy root morphology likely under the control of rol genes transferred from the Agrobacterium plasmid, was identified as a key determinant of fitness in liquid culture and a target for transgenic design for large-scale bioreactor environments.
The hairy root inoculum was optimized and standardized to facilitate the assessment of culture performance under diverse environmental treatments and in process scale-up. The length of the root tip has a dominant effect on growth, uninfluenced by clonal variability. The optimum inoculum is comprised of 5 root tips, each 35-40 mm long, in 50 mL media.
Long-term dose-response and transient studies examined heterotrophic and photoheterotrophic carbon regimes. These studies are unique in the metabolic adaptation of cultures, and examined the putatively antagonistic kinetics of nutrient utilisation and secondary metabolite accumulation. The activities of the cathenamine and bisindole alkaloid pathways responded, respectively to high and moderate sucrose concentrations. The cultures were nitrogen limited with 2-4% sucrose in B5/2 salt. Organic acids were excreted in the presence of excess sugars. The ordered assimilation of macronutrients--ammonium, phosphate and nitrate--corroborated by changes of extracellular pH, have important implications on fed-batch strategies. Tabersonine accumulation was growth-associated, while serpentine accumulated in a non-growth manner. Ajmalicine, catharanthine, vindoline, and compounds tentatively identified as vinblastine and vincristine, accumulated optimally in the late-exponential or early-stationary phase. Photoheterotrophic conditions incremented peak biomass by 60-300%, doubling times by 60%, and vindoline levels by an order of magnitude, likely due to the anapleurotic activity of PEPCase and the light induction of nitrate reductase and vindoline synthesis.
Books on the topic "Indoor plants Cultivation"
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Gotch, Sam. Container Planting: A Beginner's Guide to Prosperous Container Gardening Starting Seeds, Patio, and Indoor Cultivation of Plants. Independently Published, 2021.
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D, Daniels Ross Ph. Cultivating Orchid Garden: Step by Step Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants Indoor & Outdoor. Independently Published, 2019.
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Morgan, Lynette. "Plant factories - closed plant production systems." In Hydroponics and protected cultivation: a practical guide, 229–45. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789244830.0012.
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Abstract This chapter focuses on plant factories, which is an indoor, enclosed, crop cultivation system where the growing environment is precisely controlled to maximize production. Topics covered are the history and background of plant factories,advantages of plant factories, criticisms of plant factories, costs and returns of plant factories, domestic and other small-scale plant factories, crops produced including pharmaceuticals, vertical or multilevel systems, including moveable systems, crop nutrition in plant factories, plant factory environments, lighting, environmental control and plant quality in plant factories, and automation and robotization.
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Morgan, Lynette. "Plant factories - closed plant production systems." In Hydroponics and protected cultivation: a practical guide, 229–45. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789244830.0229.
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Abstract This chapter focuses on plant factories, which is an indoor, enclosed, crop cultivation system where the growing environment is precisely controlled to maximize production. Topics covered are the history and background of plant factories,advantages of plant factories, criticisms of plant factories, costs and returns of plant factories, domestic and other small-scale plant factories, crops produced including pharmaceuticals, vertical or multilevel systems, including moveable systems, crop nutrition in plant factories, plant factory environments, lighting, environmental control and plant quality in plant factories, and automation and robotization.
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Aloo, Becky Nancy, Ernest Rashid Mbega, and Billy Amendi Makumba. "Sustainable Food Production Systems for Climate Change Mitigation: Indigenous Rhizobacteria for Potato Bio-fertilization in Tanzania." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, 1–27. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42091-8_276-1.
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AbstractThe global rise in human population has led to the intensification of agricultural activities to meet the ever-rising food demand. The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a crop with the potential to tackle food security issues in developing countries due to its short growth cycle and high nutrient value. However, its cultivation is heavily dependent on artificial fertilizers for yield maximization which culminates in global warming and other environmental problems. There is need, therefore, for its alternative fertilization technologies to mitigate climate change. This study evaluated the potential of indigenous rhizobacteria for potato cropping in Tanzania. Ten potato rhizobacterial isolates belonging to Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Citrobacter, Serratia, and Enterobacter genera were obtained from a previous collection from different agro-ecological areas in Tanzania. The isolates were characterized culturally, microscopically, biochemically, and by their carbohydrate utilization patterns. Their in vitro plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits such as nitrogen fixation, solubilization of phosphates, potassium, and zinc, and production of siderophores, indole acetic acid, and gibberellic acids were then evaluated. Lastly, sterilized potato seed tubers were bacterized with the inoculants and grown in pots of sterile soil in a screen-house using untreated plants as a control experiment. The potato rhizobacterial isolates had varying characteristics and showed varying in vitro PGP activities. The screen-house experiment also showed that the rhizobacterial treatments significantly (p < 0.05) enhanced different parameters associated with potato growth by up to 91% and established the potential of most of the isolates as alternative biofertilizers in potato cropping systems in Tanzania.
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Aloo, Becky Nancy, Ernest Rashid Mbega, and Billy Amendi Makumba. "Sustainable Food Production Systems for Climate Change Mitigation: Indigenous Rhizobacteria for Potato Bio-fertilization in Tanzania." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, 1469–95. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_276.
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AbstractThe global rise in human population has led to the intensification of agricultural activities to meet the ever-rising food demand. The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a crop with the potential to tackle food security issues in developing countries due to its short growth cycle and high nutrient value. However, its cultivation is heavily dependent on artificial fertilizers for yield maximization which culminates in global warming and other environmental problems. There is need, therefore, for its alternative fertilization technologies to mitigate climate change. This study evaluated the potential of indigenous rhizobacteria for potato cropping in Tanzania. Ten potato rhizobacterial isolates belonging to Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Citrobacter, Serratia, and Enterobacter genera were obtained from a previous collection from different agro-ecological areas in Tanzania. The isolates were characterized culturally, microscopically, biochemically, and by their carbohydrate utilization patterns. Their in vitro plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits such as nitrogen fixation, solubilization of phosphates, potassium, and zinc, and production of siderophores, indole acetic acid, and gibberellic acids were then evaluated. Lastly, sterilized potato seed tubers were bacterized with the inoculants and grown in pots of sterile soil in a screen-house using untreated plants as a control experiment. The potato rhizobacterial isolates had varying characteristics and showed varying in vitro PGP activities. The screen-house experiment also showed that the rhizobacterial treatments significantly (p < 0.05) enhanced different parameters associated with potato growth by up to 91% and established the potential of most of the isolates as alternative biofertilizers in potato cropping systems in Tanzania.
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Moulick, Debojyoti, Subhas Chandra Santra, and Dibakar Ghosh. "Consequences of Paddy Cultivation in Arsenic-Contaminated Paddy Fields of Lower Indo-Gangetic Plain on Arsenic Accumulation Pattern and Selected Grain Quality Traits: A Preliminary Assessment." In Mechanisms of Arsenic Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants, 49–78. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1292-2_3.
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Kozai, Toyoki, and Eri Hayashi. "Requirements and features of cultivation system modules in advanced plant factories with artificial lighting." In Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor vertical farming, 15–38. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/as.2023.0126.03.
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This chapter discusses the design and management principles of the cultivation room environment of a plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL), mainly based on its material and energy balance. Resource supply rates, product and waste outputs, and environmental factors can be accurately measured in an airtight and thermally insulated cultivation room. Then, hourly rates of net photosynthesis and transpiration of plants can be accurately estimated. Further, resource use efficiency (RUE) and productivity (PR) can be calculated online successively for each resource element, such as electricity, water, and CO2. The above features of PFAL are beneficial to improving the RUE and PR successively. The RUE and PR can be further improved by introducing plant phenotyping (trait measurements) and three-dimensionally uniform distribution of environmental factors inside the plant community. Then, energy-autonomous PFAL operated by electricity generated only by local natural energy can be realized.
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Chen, Xinyi, and Meng Ting Zhang. "“Chloe”: Empathetic Design for Smart Houseplant Care Systems." In Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications. IOS Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/faia240098.
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This study endeavors to introduce an innovative smart plant care system, denoted as “Chloe,” which seeks to enhance the symbiotic relationship between individuals and their indoor flora. The system comprises both a physical product and a corresponding application, collectively tasked with monitoring critical soil and light parameters while offering tailored maintenance recommendations. By utilizing the “Chloe” system, users gain deeper insights into plant requirements, thereby elevating their plants’ likelihood of thriving. Furthermore, the platform facilitates the exchange of experiences among like-minded enthusiasts. This research represents a pioneering venture into the design and implementation of modern intelligent plant care systems, effectively integrating human-computer interaction technology into everyday domestic activities. It also examines the pivotal role of emotional design in augmenting plant survival rates and user experiences within the realm of home plant cultivation.
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Awouda, Ahmed Mubarak Mekki, Benedetta Fasciolo, Giulia Bruno, and Valentino Razza. "Cyber-Physical System Framework for Efficient Management of Indoor Farming Production." In Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies, 66–86. IGI Global, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7879-0.ch004.
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World population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. Thus, a significant increase in agricultural production is required to accommodate population growth. However, environmental crises and urbanization pose a threat to agriculture. Vertical farming can partially mitigate these effects by growing plants while optimizing space and maximizing several outdoor resources. However, this approach necessitates thoroughly re-evaluating cultivation techniques and environmental factors. This chapter proposes a holistic, sustainable agricultural framework for developing indoor farming systems, which consists of a methodology for creating crop growth procedures from experimental data using statistical analysis and artificial intelligence algorithms. The proposed method aims to balance resource utilization and productivity in vertical farming. Furthermore, the authors propose a design framework to create a sustainable aeroponic system structure. This structure aims to provide a test bench to prove the effectiveness of the said methodology.
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Koga, Hiroki, and Kenzo Uchigasaki. "Oishii Farm: gaining the leading edge in the plant factory business and looking ahead." In Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor vertical farming, 435–52. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/as.2023.0126.25.
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The age of indoor vertical farming is inevitable as changes in global climate threaten traditional agriculture. Through the integration of new technologies and innovations, whoever establishes themselves as the leader of this rising industry will change the face of agriculture across the globe. And at the forefront, stands Oishii. The company is approaching indoor vertical farming with a higher value product that can differentiate themselves from the rest of the playing field, that product being strawberries. Through developing techniques to farm strawberries on a scale indoors never done before and continuing to expand the knowledge to the cultivation of other crops allows Oishii to strive for the end goal of bringing indoor grown produce to the mass-market.
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Jin, Wenqing, and Hua Li. "Growth and quality of lettuce in vertical farms as affected by red:blue and red:far-red ratios." In Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor vertical farming, 255–74. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/as.2023.0126.15.
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Light-emitting diodes (LED) are advancing the development of indoor vertical farming due to their varied light spectrum and photon flux density. The substantial energy cost of lighting systems requires improvement. This chapter reviews three major spectra applied to lettuce cultivation in indoor vertical farming systems. Red and blue light are the most efficient spectra for chlorophyll absorption and far-red light promotes light interception and increases photochemical efficiency. Research shows that the photon flux ratio between red and blue light affects plant architecture, leaf and photosynthetic characteristics, biomass production and phytochemical compound accumulation. Additional far-red over photosynthetically active radiation triggers shade avoidance responses and increases light interception, which combines with planting density effects. Aside from the above spectra, biomass production and quality, utilization of other light spectrum and dynamic lighting as well as plant modelling should be considered to promote light use efficiency in indoor vertical farming.
Conference papers on the topic "Indoor plants Cultivation"
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Пономаренко, Елена, and Татьяна Пазяева. "Оптимизация элементов технологии возделывания томатов в защищенном грунте по малообъемной технологии." In VIIth International Scientific Conference “Genetics, Physiology and Plant Breeding”. Institute of Genetics, Physiology and Plant Protection, Republic of Moldova, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.53040/gppb7.2021.43.
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The elements of the technology of cultivation of tomatoes by a low-volume hydroponic method using the mineral wool substrate "Grodan" have been studied. The advantages of growing crops by the method of low-volume technology in the greenhouse complex SRL "Polimer Gaz Conducte", Falesti, Moldova are shown. The trade name of the branch is "EcoAgroPrim". Greenhouse SRL "PolimerGazPrim" is a member of the Moldovan Association "Association of Farmers of Moldova", which includes 128 greenhouse facilities. The enterprise produces 130-245 tons of pink-fruited indoor (greenhouse) tomato per year. We studied and analyzed the elements of technology for growing tomatoes in greenhouses using low-volume technology and carried out phenological observations and biometric measurements of plants for several years 2015-2020. It is shown that based on the analysis of phenological observations and biometric measurements, a table of the seasonal development of the crop was compiled, and the highest yield was noted in May and June for all years of observation and, accordingly, the gross harvest was the highest during this period.
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Tatarchuk, M. V., and D. S. Daibagya. "SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS ON THE PROBLEM OF LIGHT SOURCES FOR INDOOR PLANT CULTIVATION." In НТИ-2022. Научная информация в современном мире: глобальные вызовы и национальные приоритеты. Москва: Всероссийский институт научной и технической информации РАН, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36535/2022-9785945770829-99.
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Karasz, Csaba, and Jozsef Kopjak. "Comparative study about LED driving methods and feedback system for indoor plant cultivation." In 2016 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics (CINTI). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cinti.2016.7846407.
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Guan, Shuo. "A Smart Cultivating and Sharing System for Indoor Plants Based on IoT and Fuzzy Controlling Scheme." In 2018 13th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccse.2018.8468712.
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Hegazy, Anwar, Alison Subiantoro, and Stuart Norris. "Performance Assessment of a Closed Greenhouse in a Hot Arid Australian Climate." In ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2021-72960.
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Abstract In this paper, we present a validated thermal model of a greenhouse. Then summer climatic data of a location in South of Australia (Port Augusta), known to have dry and hot summer, is used to compare the potential of different cooling technologies in providing cooling to greenhouse indoor air while considering the minimization of water consumption. Several cases are examined and compared to a reference case which is a closed greenhouse without cooling. The operation cases considered for cooling purpose are 1 - Fogging system; 2 - Single pipe Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger (EAHE); 3 - Multiple pipe EAHE; 4 - combined operation of Fogging system and EAHE. Results indicated that relying on shallow geothermal energy through an Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger (EAHE) minimized the water consumption of the fogging system reducing it from 11.6 to 4.7 kg/day. Furthermore, the results show that cooling via EAHE is the best strategy in terms of reducing water consumption without significantly affecting the temperature reduction when compared to the water reliant cooling technology fogging system. The combined operation of EAHE and fogging system managed to keep the indoor air condition at the favorable plant cultivation temperature level (20–30°C) and relative humidity (70–80%).
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MattaraChalill, Subin, Miller Jothi Kalamegam, and Mallika Parveen. "Upgradation of HVAC Systems in Exisiting Commercial Green House Using Evaporative Coolers in Middle East Climatic Conditions." In ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2015-51570.
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Commercial green houses are the back bone of farming industry in world where the climatic conditions are not stable especially in Middle East, Europe and United states. The commercial greenhouses are often high tech production facilities for vegetables or flowers. The glass greenhouses are filled with equipment like screening installations, heating, cooling, and lighting and also may be automatically controlled by a computer to maximize potential growth. Greenhouse concept will provide the stable indoor plant growth environment throughout the year irrespective of the outside climate variance. The indoor climate conditions can be maintained using the properly designed HAVC systems. The conventional commercial green houses are equipped with axial fans and the cooling pads to control the indoor climate conditions without central control of the equipment’s. Financial conditions of the commercial green houses are very important since the cost per plant will be determined by the overall contribution of the capital and operational expenses. In the present scenario the almost 30% of the net profit is eating by the HVAC systems operational cost. The major operation cost is due to the cooling pads work force and the electricity operational cost for the axial fans equipped with metal blade. The up gradation involves mainly the involvement of individual evaporative air-conditioned system instead of conventional systems. The green houses are equipped with individual evaporative cooling units, circulating fans, top mounted air louvers and the control systems to control the entire set up. The initial heat load calculations will give us an idea about the total heat load required to maintain the ambient conditions for indoor plant cultivation. CFD analysis will provide the exact equipment orientation and the load requirement. In conventional greenhouses the conventional equipment’s are equipped to get the results but the same will consume more electrical power and which is not effective in all weather conditions. Heat load calculations will provide us the system demand in a conditioned space based on the available material properties. Based on the heat load results we can do the proper equipment selection and set the airflow based on the demand. CFD analysis will help the modeling of the system in the actual condition. The aim of the study was to analysis the performance study of the individual evaporative cooling units in the greenhouse conditioned space. The results obtained from the heat loads and CFD analysis can be compared. The objective of the present work is to examine the designed Air conditioning system effectiveness in peak summer heat load conditions to check the design parameters (25 °C temperature and 50%RH) inside the greenhouse using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis.
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Martínez Benia, Susana. "Pueblos arroceros en la cuenca del Cebollatí: asentamientos surgidos a partir de la instalación del cultivo de arroz." In Seminario Internacional de Investigación en Urbanismo. Barcelona: Facultad de Arquitectura. Universidad de la República, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/siiu.6171.
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A partir de la segunda mitad del SXIX, la organización productiva de la explotación de arroz, en la cuenca baja del Cebollatí, dio origen a pueblos arroceros que se han desarrollado en constelaciones convergiendo en nodos calificados de segundo y tercer nivel, en un paisaje particular y atractivo, donde los aspectos culturales y naturales se combinan. Varios usos productivos han estado asociados a la estructuración del territorio, en donde la formulación de asentamientos concebidos para la producción y organizados en forma semiautónoma son parte sustantiva. El territorio es un proceso y un producto de prácticas individuales y grupales, en el que conviven un patrimonio arqueológico -cerritos de indios- , que apelan a las raíces y a los primeros habitantes de nuestro territorio, un paisaje natural de llanuras, esteros, lagunas y montes naturales, y el paisaje cultural generado por el cultivo e industrialización del arroz. Este trabajo se aborda desde la perspectiva territorial: soporte físico más construcción histórica. From the second half of SXIX, the productive organization of the exploitation of rice, in the lower basin of Cebollatí, led to rice villages that have developed into constellations converging qualified second and third level in a particular landscape nodes and attractive, where cultural and natural aspects are combined. Several productive uses have been associated with the structuring of the territory, where settlements formulation designed for production and are organized as semi-autonomous substantive part. The territory is a process and a product of individual and group practices, in which live archaeological heritage - Cerritos assets of Indians, who appeal to the roots and the first inhabitants of our territory, a natural landscape of plains, marshes, lagoons and natural forests, and cultural landscape generated by rice cultivation and industrialization. This work is approached from the territorial perspective: most historic building hardware.