Plant Factory Using Artificial Light: Adapting to Environmental Disruption and Clues to Agricultural Innovation

Photocatalytic Methods for Plant Growth features new advances in science as well as cutting-edge technology based on the integration of different scientific fields. Included are methods that ensure the safe and secure production of vegetables in a sustainable and environmental-friendly way at low cost and at the commercial scale.

The development and widespread implementation of photocatalytic methods in artificial-light type plant factories allow a safe and stable supply of food, regardless of any adverse or disruptive natural or manmade influences such as global warming, climate change, pollution or other potentially damaging circumstance. This book provides scientists and researchers in academia and industry with sustainable and environmental-friendly solutions to issues related to the environment, food, energy and natural resources.

Multidisciplinary approach of various new and advanced technologies developed through the integration of different fieldsFeatures solutions to reducing electric-energy costs in plant factories and using LED more efficientlyPays special attention to commercial scale operationWritten by experts in diverse fields from different countriesUnique combination of proven and practical methods as well as new innovation

Part I: Efficient and effective vegetable cultivation technologies to enhance productivity and quality 1. Fundamentals and Practices of Cultivation Technology 2. Advanced Technologies for Control of Plant Growth 3. Safety, Security and Nutritional Assessment of Vegetables Harvested in Plant Factories

Part II: New science and technologies for low cost production and IT control systems 4. Advanced engineering technologies 5. Novel technology fusion and development using IT technologies

Part III: Various technological approaches and business strategies for plant factories 6. Introduction of advanced technologies 7. Various approaches to spreading and expanding plant factories 8. Current situation of plant factories around the world 9. Prospective developments in plant factories 10. Plant Factory and New Renewable Energy Technology