Resource-use efficiency and crop yield are significant factors in the management of
agricultural greenhouse. Appropriate modeling methods effectively improve the control …

High relative air humidity (RH≥ 85%) is frequent in controlled environments, and not
uncommon in nature. In this review, we examine the high RH effects on plants with a special …

A potential change in climate and temperature could strongly affect weather-related crop
losses. Using wastelands to grow crops in controlled greenhouse environments could …

Meloidogyne incognita Kofoid et White is one of the most dangerous root-knot nematodes in
greenhouses. In this study, we evaluated two Bacillus strains (Bacillus velezensis BZR 86 …

Ornamental plant production constitutes an important sector of the horticultural industry
worldwide and fungal infections, that dramatically affect the aesthetic quality of plants, can …

The world population is growing by 1 billion people every 10 years. There will come a time
when there will be more people to feed but less land to grow food. Greenhouses can be the …

A challenge exists in horticultural greenhouse farming as a result of the current decline in
the agriculture labor force in Japan. Although there is a need for cutting-edge technological …

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is one of the most popular vegetable crops cultivated
broadly throughout the world (Soleimani et al., 2009) under plastic greenhouses for higher …

Cucumbers were planted in soilless media in a split plot design with three replicates under a
naturally ventilated greenhouse to study nutrient and water use efficiency in relation to …

Microclimate is the assembly of the climatic parameters forming around living plants (Bailey
1985). It is strongly dependent on the outside conditions, particularly under unheated …