Research Updates
Project LAMP research updates provide readers with one page research briefs outlining 1) a problem, 2) a synopsis of the study, 3) a synopsis of findings with one or two graphics, and 4) a take home message.
CEA Crop Production and Plant Physiology
Research Updates
Why does Mizuna grow faster than lettuce?
TC Jayalath and Marc van Iersel
No evidence for beneficial effects of violet and UV-A wavelengths in anthocyanin
Paul Kasuma, Shuyang Zhen and Bruce Bugbee
Influence of far-red intensity during the seedling stage of hydroponic lettuce
Nate Eylands and Neil Mattson
Longer photoperiods with the same DLI increase plant growth and photosynthesis
Shane Palmer and Marc van Iersel
Which greenhouse herb responds stronger to supplemental light: Cilantro or Basil?
TC Jayalath and Marc van Iersel
Green light drives photosynthesis as effectively as red light at high light intensities
Jun Liu and Marc van Iersel
Adding far-red light increases growth of foxglove seedlings in a growth chamber
Claudia Elkins and Marc van Iersel
Early canopy size can be used to screen for fast growing lettuce cultivars
Changhyeon Kim and Marc van Iersel
Biomass and total incident canopy light are highly correlated in lettuce
Changhyeon Kim and Marc van Iersel
Economics & CEA - Research Updates
Lighting strategy based on sunlight prediction reduces supplemental lighting
Sahand Mosharafian, Shirin Afzali and Javad Mohammadpour Velni
Far-red light increases early light interception and final yield of lettuce
Jun Liu and Marc van Iersel
Far-red lights gives far-out growth of lettuce
Reeve Legendre and Marc van Iersel
Simulated improvements in lettuce light use efficiency by extending the photoperiod
Geoffrey Weaver and Marc van Iersel
Engineering & CEA - Research Updates
Lighting nitty gritty unit conversion radiation distribution and heat output of various lamp types
Timothy Shelford and AJ Both
Supplemental lighting types impact nighttime heating requirements in CEA facilities in varying scales in climate
Michael Illardi and Tom Lawrence
Prediction-based lighting approach reduces electricity costs significantly
Shirin Afzali, Sahand Mosharafin, and Javad Mohammadpour Velni
Researchers should better report key light ratios used during their plant lighting experiments
Timothy Shelford, Claude Wallace and AJ Both
Canopy fluorescence imaging for crop monitoring
Mangalam Narayanan and Marc van Iersel