Advances and Trends in Development of Plant Factories

• Main Author: Ralph Panstruga (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Genetic Engineering; Environment Controlled and Optimization; biofertilizers; pharmaceuticals; Intelligent systems; plant factories
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 controll...