Scientific lay Marcelis and his group focus on how physiological processes in crops, plants and pla

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Ledbelichting the energy consumption in greenhouses reduce significantly and is therefore one of the main areas of research in horticulture. In addition, it is important to reduce losses in the post-harvest stage. That says prof. Leo Marcelis on October 30, 2014 at the acceptance of the position of full professor and Horticulture Product Physiology at Wageningen University.
Cultivation process control Apart from energy consumption, evergreen nursery which is still much to win, the Dutch greenhouse anticipates the rest of the world. evergreen nursery The quality is high and the use of water and pesticides is nowhere layer. Still, the question remains for innovations, sustainable production, for healthy vegetables, healthy fruit and beautiful flowers quality remains high.
The science evergreen nursery around the horticultural needs according Marcelis focus on being able to precisely monitor the cultivation process. For this system innovations are necessary evergreen nursery to the use of resources such as water, minerals and other nutrients to further reduce, increase production per unit area and to produce healthy, high-quality as the consumer desires. evergreen nursery
Scientific lay Marcelis and his group focus on how physiological processes in crops, plants and plant organs respond to the growing conditions, and how these affect crop production and quality of the products.
Provide post-harvest phase Marcelis considers it important that it is not only in horticulture to plant growth but also for the treatment of products after they are harvested. At this time, lost about a third of all products in that phase. That should with effort could be reduced by half, he imagines.
Benefits ledbelichting evergreen nursery Energy use is the generation of heat is not the bottleneck, says Marcelis: "The weakness is needed in the energy for illumination. And light is the driving force behind the growth of plants. "He puts his group strongly committed to the use of ledbelichting in horticulture. He estimates that with clever use of LEDs energy savings can reach 50 percent.
Moreover, the use of LEDs has other advantages that the current light sources - high pressure sodium (Son-T) - have not, as it can adjust the color of the light, the arrangement of the light source relative to the plant or the intensity of light. For example, evergreen nursery the exposure can be used much more efficiently, in favor of an even better growth of the plant, and higher quality evergreen nursery of the product. Food trends, themes that are currently topical Topics evergreen nursery (9) Sustainability theme No. 2 No. 3 theme theme theme No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 theme theme theme # 7 # 8 # 9 theme Search evergreen nursery
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