03402nam 22005052 450 991101887180332120251019235421.09789004697041(electronic bk.)978900469703410.1163/9789004697041(MiAaPQ)EBC32246098(Au-PeEL)EBL32246098(CKB)39722997900041(nllekb)BRILL9789004697041(OCoLC)1530374119(EXLCZ)993972299790004120250709d2024 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGreenhouse horticulture Technology for optimal crop production, second edition /Cecilia Stanghellini, Bert Van 't Ooster, and Ep Heuvelink2nd ed.Leiden ;Boston :Brill | Wageningen Academic,2024.©20241 online resource (317 pages)Print version: Stanghellini, Cecilia Greenhouse Horticulture Boston : Wageningen Academic Publishers,c2024 9789004697034 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapters: -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Crop as a production machine -- 3: Radiation, greenhouse cover and temperature -- 4: Properties of humid air and physics of air treatment -- 5: Ventilation and mass balance -- 6: Crop transpiration and humidity in greenhouses -- 7: Crop response to environmental factors -- 8: Heating in climate-controlled greenhouses -- 9: Cooling and dehumidification -- 10: Supplementary lighting -- 11: Carbon dioxide supply -- 12: Managing the shoot environment -- 13: Root zone management: how to limit emissions -- 14: Vertical farms -- 15: The future.Greenhouse horticulture' is an easy-to-read textbook for all those interested in protected cultivation, from university students and teachers to professional advisers in the field and managers of horticultural companies. This book provides an integrated approach to crop growth and development and the technical aspects of greenhouse cultivation and climate management. It combines an analysis of the relationship between crop production and ambient climate with an explanation of the processes that determine the climate in a protected environment. With the ability to modify the environment comes the need for growers to strike a balance between the costs and benefits of technology. This book outlines the methods and gives several examples of how to make 'optimal' choices about technology. Sustainable management of shoot and root environment is discussed, as well as the pros and cons of vertical farming. The processes addressed in this book, like crop growth, energy balance and mass exchange, apply to any kind of greenhouse. Therefore, in spite of the word 'technology', this is not a book about high-tech greenhouses only.Technology for optimal crop production, second editionGreenhouse gardeningGreenhouse managementGreenhouse gardening.Greenhouse management.635.9/823Stanghellini Cecilia1788837Heuvelink EpOoster Bert Van 'tNL-LeKBNL-LeKB9911018871803321Greenhouse horticulture4419009UNINA