Online Course: Wednesday, June 17 - Plant Response to CEA Variables - 3 PM CST
Learn how plants respond to different environmental variables and how to apply this knowledge to improve your indoor system management and crop production!
Instructor: M.S. Karla Garcia
- Hort Americas Technical Service
- Master in Plant Sciences from The University of Arizona
- Recognition by ISHS in strawberry hydroponic research
- Editor: Book Roadmap to Growing Leafy Greens and Herbs
- CEO at Microgreens FLN
DATE: Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Schedule: 3 pm to 5 pm (Central Standard Time)
Platform: ZOOM US
Price: $50 US
Once you have registered, we will make contact to provide access to our LIVE session.
Course Content
-Advantages of controlled environment agriculture
-Energy balance
-Light
a) Solar radiation
b) Artificial lighting
c) How improve net photosynthetic rate
-Wind
a) Fans/ Air circulation
-Humidity
a) Plant transpiration
-Temperature
a) Effect in plant metabolism
b) How plants respond to temperature?
c) Treatments
-CO2
-Nutrients
a) Nutrient function and uptake
-Oxygen in root zone
-Water and root zone temperature