The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens
Yield is impacted by the environmental conditions that plants are exposed to. Controlled environmental agriculture provides growers with an opportunity to fine-tune environmental conditions for optimising yield and crop quality. However, space and time constraints will limit the number of experiment...
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| author | Will Claydon Phoebe Sutton Ethan J. Redmond Gina Y.W. Vong Alana Kluczkovski Alice Thomas Katherine Denby Daphne Ezer |
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| description | Yield is impacted by the environmental conditions that plants are exposed to. Controlled environmental agriculture provides growers with an opportunity to fine-tune environmental conditions for optimising yield and crop quality. However, space and time constraints will limit the number of experimental conditions that can be tested, which will, in turn, limit the resolution to which environmental conditions can be optimised. Here we present an innovative experimental approach that utilises the existing heterogeneity in light quantity and quality across a vertical farm to evaluate hundreds of environmental conditions concurrently. Using an observational study design, we identify features in light quality that are most predictive of biomass in different kinds of microgreens (kale, radish and sunflower) that may inform future iterations of lighting technology development for vertical farms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-580e83f74a5745fc84282b71e05f65fd2025-08-20T03:50:26ZengCambridge University PressQuantitative Plant Biology2632-88282025-01-01610.1017/qpb.2025.10003The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreensWill Claydon0Phoebe Sutton1Ethan J. Redmond2Gina Y.W. Vong3Alana Kluczkovski4Alice Thomas5Katherine Denby6Daphne Ezer7Department of Biology, https://ror.org/04m01e293 University of York , York, UKVertically Urban, Typhoon House, Leeds, UKDepartment of Biology, https://ror.org/04m01e293 University of York , York, UKDepartment of Biology, https://ror.org/04m01e293 University of York , York, UKDepartment of Biology, https://ror.org/04m01e293 University of York , York, UK Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York, York, UKDepartment of Biology, https://ror.org/04m01e293 University of York , York, UK Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York, York, UKDepartment of Biology, https://ror.org/04m01e293 University of York , York, UK Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York, York, UKDepartment of Biology, https://ror.org/04m01e293 University of York , York, UKYield is impacted by the environmental conditions that plants are exposed to. Controlled environmental agriculture provides growers with an opportunity to fine-tune environmental conditions for optimising yield and crop quality. However, space and time constraints will limit the number of experimental conditions that can be tested, which will, in turn, limit the resolution to which environmental conditions can be optimised. Here we present an innovative experimental approach that utilises the existing heterogeneity in light quantity and quality across a vertical farm to evaluate hundreds of environmental conditions concurrently. Using an observational study design, we identify features in light quality that are most predictive of biomass in different kinds of microgreens (kale, radish and sunflower) that may inform future iterations of lighting technology development for vertical farms.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632882825100039/type/journal_articlevertical farmsmicrogreensoptimisationbrassicalight sensitivity |
| spellingShingle | Will Claydon Phoebe Sutton Ethan J. Redmond Gina Y.W. Vong Alana Kluczkovski Alice Thomas Katherine Denby Daphne Ezer The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens Quantitative Plant Biology vertical farms microgreens optimisation brassica light sensitivity |
| title | The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens |
| title_full | The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens |
| title_fullStr | The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens |
| title_short | The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens |
| title_sort | impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens |
| topic | vertical farms microgreens optimisation brassica light sensitivity |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632882825100039/type/journal_article |
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