Leafy Green Phenotyping Review Finds Imaging Outpaces Insight
A scoping review of 59 studies finds imaging-based phenotyping of leafy greens excels at observation but rarely translates into operational ...
Tag: controlled environment agriculture
Circular Hydroponics Framework Aims to Turn Farm Waste into Closed-Loop Resources
A new conceptual study proposes a framework for integrating circular economy and zero-waste principles into hydroponic farming, reporting modelled freshwater ...
USDA grant funds $5 million greenhouse modernization at University of Arkansas
A $2.5 million USDA-NIFA grant, matched by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, will fund a nine-greenhouse complex replacing ...
Compostable Seed Pod Startup Wins $500,000 NSF Grant to Scale Automated Indoor Farming
Anu, an indoor farming startup founded by Purdue alumni, has received a $500,000 NSF Phase IIB SBIR grant to scale ...
Simulated vertical-farm controller cuts costs by co-optimizing light and climate
A simulation spanning 36 country, season and production-intensity scenarios found that jointly shifting lighting and climate control cut energy costs ...
Urban Farming Grows Fast, But Land, Money and Skills Hold It Back
A new review finds that urban farming models such as community, indoor, rooftop and vertical farms can strengthen city food ...
Plants Keep Losing Water at Night, and Space Farming Can’t Afford to Ignore It
A time-normalized analysis of mizuna grown in a spaceflight prototype root module shows nighttime water loss running at nearly half ...
Tuning Hydroponic Nutrient Recipes Steers Basil’s Aroma Chemistry, Study Finds
A Belgian research team showed that adjusting nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium levels in hydroponic nutrient solutions can steer basil biomass ...
Greenhouse-Grown Turmeric Reveals Genetic Secrets Behind Yield and Curcumin Stability
A landmark two-year Indian study shows that greenhouse cultivation shifts the determinants of turmeric yield and curcuminoid quality from environmental ...
Vertical Farming Cannot Beat the Sun, but Physics Is Not the Whole Story
A new commentary argues that vertical farming's energy inefficiency is real but that system-level factors such as urban integration, circular ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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