Ohio State Virtual Workshop to Focus on Greenhouse Vegetable Production

Cucumbers growing in a greenhouse plant empowerment workshop

Note: this story was originally posted on March 25; it has been updated to account for the event going virtual.

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The Ohio State University, in partnership with Gotham Greens and HortAmericas will be hosting a Plant Empowerment Workshop July -910 that is designed to offer advanced learning and discussion for anyone producing a crop in a controlled environment, including greenhouse vegetable growers. The goal of the workshop is to provide an integrated approach based on physics and plant physiology, leading to a balanced growing method for high yields, quality, saving energy, and profitability in greenhouse controlled environments.

The workshop will be hosted by Dr. Chieri Kubota, a Horticulture and Crop Sciences Professor in The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

The instructor for the event is Dr. Peter van Weel, who during his 42-year career as a researcher at Wageningen University & Research Peter van Wee has l developed systems that are usual in today’s greenhouses, such as ebb and flood watering, roof cleaner, movable benches, and aquaponic systems. Together with Jan Voogt, he developed a climate control strategy, Aircokas, based on sensors and laws of physics. A patent and a publication in 2008 describes this strategy and explains how to measure and control the stomata opening of a plant.

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The workshop will be held online via an online course platform offered by the Ohio State University. Click here for more information.

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