Photobleaching, or the destruction of chlorophyll by applying too much of the wrong light to plants during flower development, can drastically reduce consumer marketability.
For optimum crop health, tomato crops need water and fertilizer, but light is the driving force for photosynthesis.
Cannabis is a crop with a uniquely dark sub-canopy and tight crop spacing that presents ideal conditions for using LEDs in a narrow body with an upward-facing form factor.
Research shows little impact on crops when replacing red light from white LEDs with red LEDs.
Greenhouse growers that are new to the industry, or those that are interested in brushing up on their knowledge, can sign up for four courses in the Online College of Knowledge greenhouse series.
Despite some roadblocks, rising energy costs and the potential for a rapid return on investment are leading more growers to consider switching to LED lighting.
The DesignLights Consortium’s most recent Horticultural Lighting Technical Requirements are designed to foster sustainable growth in the controlled environment agriculture sector.
A lighting change is a process change, and LED lights need to be reviewed to ensure they are appropriate for the right facilities. Learn how one organization is doing so with your needs in mind.
Two American Floral Endowment-funded research projects are investigating new ways to detect and reduce plant stress from abiotic pressures and diseases before they happen.
SHYFT, an electronic light scheduling device, automates Fluence’s entire LED product suite to help cannabis and greenhouse vegetable growers optimize environments wherever they are.
Learn more about long-day lighting practices that optimize the photoperiodic flowering response in your crops.
Growers in California are not the only ones who should be aware of impacts to changing state codes.
In a recent research project supported by American Floral Endowment (AFE), a University of Delaware researcher conducted an experiment on four long-day plants.