Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production, Second Edition presents a comprehensive look at the implementation of plant factory (PF) practices to yield food crops for both improved food security and environmental sustainability. Edited and authored by leading experts in PF and controlled environment agriculture (CEA), the book is divided into five sections, including an Overview and the Concept of Closed Plant Production Systems (CPPS), the Basics of Physics and Physiology – Environments and Their Effects, System Design, Construction, Cultivation and Management and Plant Factories in Operation.
In addition to new coverage on the rapid advancement of LED technology and its application in indoor vertical farming, other revisions to the new edition include updated information on the status of business R&D and selected commercial PFALs (plant factory with artificial lighting). Additional updates include those focused on micro and mini-PFALs for improving the quality of life in urban areas, the physics and physiology of light, the impact of PFAL on the medicinal components of plants, and the system design, construction, cultivation and management issues related to transplant production within closed systems, photoautotrophic micro-propagation and education, training and intensive business forums on PFs.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Role of the plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL) in urban areas - p. 7 3. Chapter 3. PFAL business and R&D in Asia and North America: Status and perspectives - p. 35 4. Chapter 4. Vertical farming in Europe: Present status and outlook - p. 77 5. Chapter 5. Plant factory as a resource-efficient closed plant production system - p. 93 6. Chapter 6. Micro- and mini-PFALs for improving the quality of life in urban areas - p. 117 7. Chapter 7. Rooftop plant production systems in urban areas - p. 129 8. Part 2. Basics of physics and physiology — Environments and their effects - p. 135 9. Chapter 8. Light sources - p. 139 10. Chapter 9. Plant responses to light - p. 153 11. Chapter 10. LED advancements for plant-factory artificial lighting - p. 167 12. Chapter 11. Physical environmental factors and their properties - p. 185 13. Chapter 12. Photosynthesis and respiration - p. 197 14. Chapter 13. Growth, development, transpiration, and translocation as affected by abiotic environmental factors - p. 207 15. Chapter 14. Nutrition and nutrient uptake in soilless culture systems - p. 221 16. Chapter 15. Tipburn - p. 231 17. Chapter 16. Functional components in leafy vegetables - p. 235 18. Chapter 17. Medicinal components - p. 245 19. Chapter 18. Production of pharmaceuticals in a specially designed plant factory - p. 251 20. Part 3. System design, construction, cultivation and management - p. 257 21. Chapter 19. Plant production process, floor plan, and layout of PFAL - p. 261 22. Chapter 20. Hydroponic systems - p. 273 23. Chapter 21. Seeding, seedling production and transplanting - p. 285 24. Chapter 22. Transplant production in closed systems - p. 299 25. Chapter 23. Photoautotrophic micropropagation - p. 333 26. Chapter 24. Biological factor management - p. 347 27. Chapter 25. Design and management of PFALs - p. 357 28. Chapter 26. Automated technology in plant factories with artificial lighting - p. 377 29. Chapter 27. Life cycle assessment - p. 383 30. Chapter 28. Education, training, and business workshops and forums on plant factories - p. 397 31. Part 4. PFALs in operation and its perspectives - p. 415 32. Chapter 29. Selected PFALs in the United States, the Netherlands, and China - p. 419 33. Chapter 30. Selected PFALs in Japan - p. 437 34. Chapter 31. Representative plant factories in Taiwan - p. 455 35. Chapter 32. Challenges for the next-generation PFALs - p. 463 36. Chapter 33. Conclusions: Resource-saving and resource-consuming characteristics of PFALs - p. 471 37. Index - p. 477
Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production, Second Edition presents a comprehensive look at the implementation of plant factory (PF) practices to yield food crops for both improved food security and environmental sustainability. Edited and authored by leading experts in PF and controlled environment agriculture (CEA), the book is divided into five sections, including an Overview and the Concept of Closed Plant Production Systems (CPPS), the Basics of Physics and Physiology – Environments and Their Effects, System Design, Construction, Cultivation and Management and Plant Factories in Operation.
In addition to new coverage on the rapid advancement of LED technology and its application in indoor vertical farming, other revisions to the new edition include updated information on the status of business R&D and selected commercial PFALs (plant factory with artificial lighting). Additional updates include those focused on micro and mini-PFALs for improving the quality of life in urban areas, the physics and physiology of light, the impact of PFAL on the medicinal components of plants, and the system design, construction, cultivation and management issues related to transplant production within closed systems, photoautotrophic micro-propagation and education, training and intensive business forums on PFs.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. 3 2. Chapter 2. Role of the plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL) in urban areas - p. 7 3. Chapter 3. PFAL business and R&D in Asia and North America: Status and perspectives - p. 35 4. Chapter 4. Vertical farming in Europe: Present status and outlook - p. 77 5. Chapter 5. Plant factory as a resource-efficient closed plant production system - p. 93 6. Chapter 6. Micro- and mini-PFALs for improving the quality of life in urban areas - p. 117 7. Chapter 7. Rooftop plant production systems in urban areas - p. 129 8. Part 2. Basics of physics and physiology — Environments and their effects - p. 135 9. Chapter 8. Light sources - p. 139 10. Chapter 9. Plant responses to light - p. 153 11. Chapter 10. LED advancements for plant-factory artificial lighting - p. 167 12. Chapter 11. Physical environmental factors and their properties - p. 185 13. Chapter 12. Photosynthesis and respiration - p. 197 14. Chapter 13. Growth, development, transpiration, and translocation as affected by abiotic environmental factors - p. 207 15. Chapter 14. Nutrition and nutrient uptake in soilless culture systems - p. 221 16. Chapter 15. Tipburn - p. 231 17. Chapter 16. Functional components in leafy vegetables - p. 235 18. Chapter 17. Medicinal components - p. 245 19. Chapter 18. Production of pharmaceuticals in a specially designed plant factory - p. 251 20. Part 3. System design, construction, cultivation and management - p. 257 21. Chapter 19. Plant production process, floor plan, and layout of PFAL - p. 261 22. Chapter 20. Hydroponic systems - p. 273 23. Chapter 21. Seeding, seedling production and transplanting - p. 285 24. Chapter 22. Transplant production in closed systems - p. 299 25. Chapter 23. Photoautotrophic micropropagation - p. 333 26. Chapter 24. Biological factor management - p. 347 27. Chapter 25. Design and management of PFALs - p. 357 28. Chapter 26. Automated technology in plant factories with artificial lighting - p. 377 29. Chapter 27. Life cycle assessment - p. 383 30. Chapter 28. Education, training, and business workshops and forums on plant factories - p. 397 31. Part 4. PFALs in operation and its perspectives - p. 415 32. Chapter 29. Selected PFALs in the United States, the Netherlands, and China - p. 419 33. Chapter 30. Selected PFALs in Japan - p. 437 34. Chapter 31. Representative plant factories in Taiwan - p. 455 35. Chapter 32. Challenges for the next-generation PFALs - p. 463 36. Chapter 33. Conclusions: Resource-saving and resource-consuming characteristics of PFALs - p. 471 37. Index - p. 477
