Plant Factory Basics, Applications and Advances (Paperback)

Part 1 Introduction 1. Reasons why PFALs are necessary 2. Contribution of PFALs to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3. Definition of PFAL in relation to indoor vertical farm

Part 2 Basics 4. Photonmetrics and its application 5. Types, components and performance of LED luminaire 6. LED efficacy and light energy (or photosynthetic photon) use efficiency 7. Resource Use Efficiency (RUE) 8. Plant responses to environments 9. Measurements of physiological characteristics of a single leaf and a plant

Part 3 Applications 10. Productivity: Definition and applications 11. How to integrate and optimize productivity 12. Cost performance and business model of Mini and micro plant factory in downtown

Part 4 Advanced Research in PFAL 13. Lighting effects on plant growth and nutritional value 14. Economics and profitability of PFAL 15. Environmental control of PFAL 16. Seedlings and transplant production in a PFAL 17. Breeding of indoor and outdoor crops in a PFAL 18. Production of fruit vegetables 19. Production of head vegetables 20. Human-centered prospective of urban agriculture 21. Conclusion