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Protected Cultivation: Structural Design, Crop Management Modeling, and Automation
Protected Cultivation: Structural Design, Crop Management Modeling, and Automation
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Protected cultivation is essential for improving crop growth conditions by safeguarding crops from climate change, agricultural chemicals, pests, and diseases. This new volume provides valuable research on the components of protected cultivation, including climate control, modeling, automation, and economics. It offers comprehensive coverage of various aspects, such as selecting appropriate structures, improved cultivation techniques, cropping sequences, irrigation and fertigation automation, climate monitoring, insect pests, diseases, greenhouse micro-climates, and economic analysis. The information presented is valuable for farming professionals, faculty, students, researchers, and those involved in horticulture and floriculture.
Format: Hardback
Length: 458 pages
Publication date: 06 February 2024
Publisher: Apple Academic Press Inc.
The cultivation of crops in a protected environment is essential to mitigate the detrimental impacts of climate change, environmentally toxic agricultural chemicals, and crop pests and diseases. This innovative volume aims to address this pressing need by presenting valuable research on the various components of protected cultivation, including climate control, modeling, automation, and economics.
The volume offers a comprehensive exploration of the diverse aspects of protected crop cultivation, encompassing:
• Selecting site-specific appropriate protected structures, their design, construction, and suitability.
• Enhancing crop cultivation techniques, transitioning from conventional to modern soil-less cultivation approaches.
• Optimizing cropping sequences for vegetable crops.
• Implementing irrigation and fertigation automation.
• Effectively monitoring and managing climate conditions.
• Addressing insect pests and diseases and implementing effective management strategies.
• Creating greenhouse micro-climates/environments.
• Conducting economic analysis of protected cultivation.
The valuable information presented in this volume is of immense importance to farming professionals, faculty and students in agricultural science, agricultural researchers and engineers, as well as those engaged in horticulture and floriculture. By leveraging the insights and expertise shared within these pages, stakeholders can enhance crop growth conditions, promote sustainable agricultural practices, and contribute to the overall well-being of our planet.
Weight: 1047g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781774914168
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