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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!

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

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