Water, a necessary component of cell protoplasm, plays an essential role in supporting life
on Earth; nevertheless, extreme changes in climatic conditions limit water availability …

Light conditions are crucial for vegetable quality in terms of sensory properties and
nutritional composition. Well planned lighting systems enable effective production and …

Light is an important environmental factor that regulates the activity of metabolism-related
biochemical pathways during tomato maturation. Using LED to improve lighting conditions …

Major losses of fresh tomatoes happen during post-harvest storage due to prompt
senescence and diseases. The aim of the research was to evaluate the effects of different …

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are an energy efficient alternative to high-pressure sodium
(HPS) lighting in tomato cultivation. In the past years, we have learned a lot about the effect …

In regions with intensive agricultural production, large amounts of organic waste are
produced by livestock animals. Liquid digestate from manure-based biogas production …

Hyperspectral imaging has many applications. However, the high device costs and low
hyperspectral image resolution are major obstacles limiting its wider application in …

Plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) is an important stone fruit crop in Sichuan that is increasingly in
demand by consumers owing to its flavor and outstanding nutraceutical properties. The …

Supplemental blue/red lighting accelerated fruit coloring and promoted lycopene synthesis
in tomato fruits. Potassium (K) is the most enriched cation in tomato fruits, and its fertigation …

Intensive growing systems used for greenhouse tomato production, together with light
interception by cladding materials or other devices, may induce intracanopy mutual shading …