Advances in Controlled Environment Agriculture

Dr Oliver Körner is a Senior Scientist and Head of the Department of Next-Generation Horticultural Systems (HORTSYS) at the world-renowned Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ), Germany. He leads the HORTSYS 2 Research Group and is Acting Head of the PA HORTSYS Research Group. Dr Körner is internationally known for his expertise in the controlled environment cultivation of horticultural crops, particularly modelling plant-environment interactions in protected cultivation.Dr Gundula Proksch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture within the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington, USA, where she is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture. She is Founding Director of the Circular City + Living Systems Lab (CSSL), an interdisciplinary group applying circular economy principles to building and city design. Professor Proksch is Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation-funded CITIFOODS Project which is investigating the broader development of aquaponic systems in urban environments.

• Part 1 Controlled environment agriculture systems1.History and development of controlled environment agriculture: Miguel R. C. Costa, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal;2.Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and the energy transition: the role of CEA in the road to net zero and energy self-sufficiency: George Xydis, Aarhus University, Denmark;3.Advances in climate-controlled greenhouses: Oliver Körner, Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ), Germany;4.Advances in urban rooftop greenhouses: Gundula Proksch, University of Washington, USA;5.Advances in passive lean-to greenhouses: Qichang Yang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China;Part 2 Climate control and automation6.Climate control systems in controlled environment agriculture: J. B. Campen, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands;7.Optimising climate control in controlled environment agriculture: Xiuming Hao, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;8.Environmental control in next-generation plant factories: Toyoki Kozai and Hiroko Nakaoka, Japan Plant Factory Association, Japan; Na Lu, Japan Plant Factory Association and Chiba University, Japan; Duyen T. P. Nguyen, Chiba University, Japan; Yuxin Tong, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China; and Eri Hayashi, Japan Plant Factory Association, Japan;9.Modelling and automation to optimise controlled environment agricultural production: Stefan Streif, University of Chemnitz, Germany;10.Advances in robotics and automated production and harvesting systems in controlled environment agriculture: Manuel Muñoz Rodríguez, University of Almeria, Spain;Part 3 Light management11.Use of supplemental lighting in greenhouses: K. J. Bergstrand, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden;12.Use of LED lighting in indoor farms: Youbin Zheng, Univeristy of Guelph, Canada;13.Lighting simulations in greenhouses: Mehlika Inanici, University of Washington, USA; Part 4 Water, nutrients, substrates and operation14.Optimising plant nutrition in controlled environmental agriculture: Neil Mattson, Cornell University, USA;15.Advances in hydroponic systems: Dimitrios Savvas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;16.Advances in aquaponic systems: Sara Pinho, University of Melbourne, Australia; Part 5 Environmental assessment17.Life cycle analysis of controlled environmental agricultural systems: Thomas Bartzanas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;18.Round-up: decision support systems (DSS) for controlled environment agriculture: Oliver Körner, Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ), Germany;