Plant factory
Subtitle: an indoor vertical farming system for efficient quality food production
By: edited by Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu, Michiko Takagaki
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780128017753
Subjects: Artificial light gardening; Food crops; Sustainable agriculture; Harvesting
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Overview and concept of closed plant production system (CPPS). Introduction / Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu; title: Role of the plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL) in urban areas / Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu; title: PFAL business and R & D in the world: current status and perspectives; title: Plant factory as a resource-efficient closed plant production system / Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu; title: Micro- and mini-PFALs for improving the quality of life in urban areas / Michiko Takagaki, Hiromichi Hara, Toyoki Kozai; title: Rooftop plant production systems in urban areas / Nadia Sabeh; title: Part 2: Basics of physics and physiology- environments and their effects. Light; title: Physical environmental factors and their properties / Genhua Niu, Toyoki Kozai, Nadia Sabeh; title: Photosynthesis and respiration / Wataru Yamori; title: Growth, development, transpiration and translocation as affected by abiotic environmental factors / Chieri Kubota; title: Nutrition and nutrient uptake in soilless culture systems / Satoru Tsukagoshi, Yutaka Shinohara; title: Tipburn / Toru Maruo, Masahumi Johkan; title: Functional components in leafy vegetables / Keiko Ohashi-Kaneko; title: Medicinal components / Sma Zobayed; title: Production of pharmaceuticals in a specially designed plant factory / Eiji goto; title: Part 3: System design, construction, cultivation and management. Plant producion process, floor plan, and layout of PFAL / Toyoki Kozai; title: Hydroponic systems / Jung Eek Son, Hak Jin Kim, Tae In Ahn; title: Seeding, seedling production and transplanting / Osamu Nunomura, Toyoki Kozai, Kimiko Shinozaki, Takahiro Oshio; title: Transplant production in closed systems; title: Photoautotrophic micropropagation / Quynh Thi Nguyen, Yulan Xiao, Toyoki Kozai; title: Biological factor management; title: Design and management of PFAL / Toyoki Kozai, Shunsuke Sakaguchi, Takuji Akiyama, Kosuke Yamada, Kazutaka Ohshima; title: Automated technology in plant factories with artificial lighting / Hiroshi Shimizu, Kazuhiro Fukuda, Yoshikazu Nishida, Toichi Ogura; title: Life cycle assessment / Yasunori Kikuchi; title: Education, training, and intensive business forums on plant factories / Toshitaka Yamaguchi, Michiko Takagaki, Satoru Tsukagoshi; title: Part 4: PFALs in operation and its perspectives. Selected commercial PFALs in Japan and Taiwan; title: Challenges for the next-generation PFAL / Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu; title: Conclusions: Resource-saving and resource-consuming characteristics of PFALs / Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu.