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Genetic breeding for indoor vertical farming

npj Sustainable Agriculture
Indoor vertical farming emerges as a sustainable paradigm, enabling crop cultivation in vertically layered ecosystems under precisely controlled environmental parameters.
Zhi Wei Norman Teo, Hao Yu
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Efficient and Low-Cost Method of Smart Indoor Vertical Farming for Lactuca sativa L. with Machine Learning

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2023
Indoor farming is a good alternative farming technique especially in urban areas which lacks an arable land and space for growing crops. Since indoor farming uses artificial environment, it faces many difficulties such as getting the right amount of ...
Mae M. Garcillanosa, Zosimo M. Batino Jr., Exequiel A. Gabuyo, Tricia L. Mojica, Mari Angeline Del Mundo, Deanmark G. Impelido, Ma. Pauline Anne A. Sison   +6 more
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Indoor Vertical Farming Systems for Food Security and Resource Sustainability

EDIS, 2020
Indoor vertical farming has been gaining increased popularity worldwide as a method of addressing food security while satisfying sustainability needs.
Jiangxiao Qiu, Haimanote K. Bayabil, Yuncong Li   +2 more
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Getting to the roots of aeroponic indoor farming

New Phytologist, 2020
Summary Vertical farming is a type of indoor agriculture where plants are cultivated in stacked systems. It forms a rapidly growing sector with new emerging technologies. Indoor farms often use soil‐free techniques such as hydroponics and aeroponics. Aeroponics involves the application to roots of a nutrient aerosol, which can lead to
Bethany M. Eldridge, Lillian R. Manzoni, Calum A. Graham, Billy Rodgers, Jack R. Farmer, Antony N. Dodd   +5 more
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Smart Indoor Farms: Leveraging Technological Advancements to Power a Sustainable Agricultural Revolution

AgriEngineering, 2021
Conventional farming necessitates a large number of resources and infrastructure such as land, irrigation, manpower to manage farms, etc. Modern initiatives are required to automate conventional farms. Smart indoor farms offer the potential to remedy the
Anirban Jyoti Hati, Rajiv Ranjan Singh
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Development and Validation of an Energy Consumption Model for Animal Houses Achieving Precision Livestock Farming

Animals, 2022
Indoor environmental control is usually applied in poultry farming to ensure optimum growth conditions for birds. However, these control methods represent a considerable share of total energy consumption, and the trend of applying new equipment in the ...
Longhuan Du, Li Yang, Chaowu Yang, Chenming Hu, Chunlin Yu, Mohan Qiu, Siyang Liu, Shiliang Zhu, Xianlin Ye   +8 more
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A methodological tool for sustainability and feasibility assessment of indoor vertical farming with artificial lighting in Africa

Scientific Reports, 2023
African agriculture is bound to face challenges for its future food systems development and economic transformation. Indoor vertical farms with artificial lighting represent an opportunity that has been gaining relevance worldwide, thanks to their ...
Ivan Paucek, Emanuele Durante, Giuseppina Pennisi, Stefania Quaini, Giorgio Gianquinto, Francesco Orsini   +5 more
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Visual SLAM for Indoor Livestock and Farming Using a Small Drone with a Monocular Camera: A Feasibility Study

Drones, 2021
Real-time data collection and decision making with drones will play an important role in precision livestock and farming. Drones are already being used in precision agriculture.
Sander Krul, Christos Pantos, Mihai Frangulea, João Valente   +3 more
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Comparison of digestive, immune and antioxidant enzyme activities of mackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis) in the wild and under captivity

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2020
To explore the feasibility of land-based farming on mackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis), the changes of antioxidant, immune and digestive enzyme activities of wild caught and indoor cultured juvenile mackerel tuna were evaluated.
Mingyang Han, Shengjie Zhou, Jian G. Qin, Zhenhua Ma, Gang Yu   +4 more
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Optimization of light and temperature in indoor farming to boost anthocyanin biosynthesis and accumulation in Indigo Rose tomato

Vegetable Research, 2022
Anthocyanins are a group of flavonoids that are found ubiquitously in fruits and vegetables. They act as antioxidants in plants and are considered to have potential benefits to human health.
Joanne Teo, Raji Mohan, Shilu Zhang, Yuejing Gui, Benny Jian Rong Sng, In-Cheol Jang, Zhongchao Yin   +6 more
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