This book explains greenhouse horticulture and the technical aspects of greenhouse cultivation and climate management, focusing on the relationship between crop production and ambient climate and the processes that determine the climate in a protected environment. It describes crop yield and its underlying processes; radiation, greenhouse cover, and temperature; the properties of humid air and the physics of air treatment; ventilation and mass balance; crop transpiration and humidity in greenhouses; crop response to environmental factors; heating in climate-controlled greenhouses; cooling and dehumidification; supplementary lighting; carbon dioxide supply; managing the shoot environment; root zone management; and vertical farms. It does not address labor management or robotics, and it discusses climate with steady-state equations. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
