With the growing interest of society in healthy eating, the interest in fresh, ready-to-eat,
functional food, such as microscale vegetables (sprouted seeds and microgreens), has been …

As the world's population is increasing exponentially, human diets have changed to less
healthy foods resulting in detrimental health complications. Increasing vegetable intake by …

The indoor cultivation of lettuce in a vertical hydroponic system (VHS) under artificial lighting
is an energy-intensive process incurring a high energy cost. This study determines the …

The variations in climatic factors can lead to morphological changes like male sterility, self-
incompatibility, embryo abortions, poor seed setting, low nutrient content, growth retardation …

The combination of indoor plant growth lamps and soilless cultivation is considered as a
promising direction for future agricultural technology. Its environmentally friendly, effective …

With the growing urbanized population, vertical farming becomes indispensable in
eradicating hunger and ensuring food security for the future. Food security has become a …

Soilless culture is emerging as a popular tool to grow agricultural and horticultural crops in
open systems, closed systems, protected cultivation, vertical farming, and soil affected or …

The controlled environment ecosystem is a meticulously designed plant growing chamber
utilized for cultivating biofortified crops and microgreens, addressing hidden hunger and …

The precise management of the nutrient solution pH is substantial for optimizing the growth
and yield of hydroponically cultivated crops. Nutrient solution pH affects the solubility and …

Thermal losses in photoelectric devices limit their energy conversion efficiency, and cyclic
input of energy coupled with pyroelectricity can overcome this limit. Here, incorporating a …