Sensing and automation technologies for ornamental nursery crop production: current status and future prospects

MS Mahmud, A Zahid, AK Das - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ornamental crop industry is an important contributor to the economy in the United
States. The industry has been facing challenges due to continuously increasing labor and …

Table-grape cultivation in soil-less systems: A review

A Pisciotta, E Barone, R Di Lorenzo - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Table grape (Vitis vinifera L.) is considered to be one of the most popular fruit crops in the
world. Italy is the leading table-grape producer in the EU and is the main European …

Controlled-release fertilizers as a means to reduce nitrogen leaching and runoff in container-grown plant production

J Chen, X Wei - Nitrogen Agric. Updates, 2018 - books.google.com
Container-grown plants refer to plants produced in confined volume filled with substrates.
The substrates endogenously have limited nutrients and low water-holding capacity. Plants …

Floating treatment wetland aided nutrient removal from agricultural runoff using two wetland species

JT Spangler, DJ Sample, LJ Fox, JS Owen Jr… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) are an emerging surface water treatment practice for
reducing nutrients such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in a variety of waste streams …

Assessing nitrogen and phosphorus removal potential of five plant species in floating treatment wetlands receiving simulated nursery runoff

JT Spangler, DJ Sample, LJ Fox, JP Albano… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
The feasibility of using floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) to treat runoff typical of
commercial nurseries was investigated using two 8-week trials with replicated mesocosms …

Disinfection options for irrigation water: Reducing the risk of fresh produce contamination with human pathogens

CE Dandie, AD Ogunniyi, S Ferro, B Hall… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The growing health and economic burden posed by foodborne pathogens has stimulated
global interest in the development of safe, affordable, effective and environmentally …

Crop hydroponics, phyto-hydroponics, crop production, and factors affecting soilless culture

A Sharma, C Manpoong, VS Devadas… - … Agricultural Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Soilless culture is emerging as a popular tool to grow agricultural and horticultural crops in
open systems, closed systems, protected cultivation, vertical farming, and soil affected or …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of common urban trees-The environmental performance of three Mediterranean cities

D Muscas, R Petrucci, F Orlandi, L Torre… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the increasing pressure from extreme events due to climate change, the planting of
new trees has become a priority in the political agendas of cities. However, the rush to plant …

Monitoring drought response and chlorophyll content in Quercus by consumer-grade, near-infrared (NIR) camera: a comparison with reflectance spectroscopy

S Raddi, F Giannetti, S Martini, F Farinella, G Chirici… - New Forests, 2022 - Springer
A user-friendly and affordable broad-band digital Near Infrared (NIR) camera (Canon
PowerShot S110 NIR) was compared with a narrow-band reflectance spectrometer …

Evaluating stratified substrates effect on containerized crop growth under varied irrigation strategies

KS Criscione, JS Fields, JS Owen, L Fultz, E Bush - HortScience, 2022 - journals.ashs.org
Growers rely on soilless substrates to provide sufficient water and nutrients to containerized
crops. Traditional bark-based substrates are engineered to have relatively low water-holding …