A5003579416- Light effects on plants
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Heavy metals in environment
- Urban Planning and Landscape Design
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
- Plant responses to water stress
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
University of Bologna
2016-2025
University of Turin
2016-2020
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
2019-2020
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
2020
Indoor plant cultivation can result in significantly improved resource use efficiency (surface, water, and nutrients) as compared to traditional growing systems, but illumination costs are still high. LEDs (light emitting diodes) gaining attention for indoor because of their ability provide light different spectra. In the spectrum, red blue regions often considered major plants' energy sources photosynthetic CO2 assimilation. This study aims at identifying role played by red:blue (R:B) ratio...
Abstract LED lighting in indoor farming systems allows to modulate the spectrum fit plant needs. Red (R) and blue (B) lights are often used, being highly active for photosynthesis. The effect of R B spectral components on lettuce physiology biochemistry resource use efficiency were studied. Five red:blue (RB) ratios (0.5-1-2-3-4) supplied by a fluorescent control (RB = 1) tested six experiments controlled conditions (PPFD 215 μmol m −2 s −1 , daylength 16 h). increased yield (1.6 folds)...
Vertical farms (VFs) are innovative urban production facilities consisting of multi-level indoor systems equipped with artificial lighting in which all the environmental conditions controlled independently from external climate. VFs generally provided a closed loop fertigation system to optimize use water and nutrients. The objective this study, performed within an experimental VF at University Bologna, was quantify efficiency (WUE, ratio between plant fresh weight volume used) for lettuce...
Notwithstanding that indoor farming is claimed to reduce the environmental pressures of food systems, electricity needs are elevated and mainly associated with lighting. To date, however, no studies have quantified economic profile Light Emitting Diodes (LED) lighting in systems. The goal this study quantify effect varying red (R) blue (B) LED spectral components (RB ratios 0.5, 1, 2, 3 4) on eco-efficiency production lettuce, chicory, rocket sweet basil from a life cycle perspective....
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Urban agriculture has become a common form of urban land use in European cities linked to multiple environmental, social and economic benefits, as well diversified forms (from self-production allotments high-tech companies). Social acceptance will determine the development specific knowledge on citizens’ perception is required order set basis for policy-making planning. The ecosystem services provided by can be determinant this process. goal paper evaluate perceived city Bologna (Italy), an...
In Northern Europe, the use of light–emitting diodes (LEDs) is widely adopted in protected horticulture, enabling to enhance plant growth by ensuring needed radiative fluxes throughout seasons. Contrarily, artificial lighting Mediterranean greenhouse still finds limited applications. this study, effects supplemental LED interlighting on vegetative development, fruit growth, yield, and quality high-wire tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. ‘Siranzo’) during spring summer season were...
In recent years, urban agriculture has been asserting its relevance as part of a vibrant and diverse food system due to small scale, focus on nutrition, contribution security, employment opportunities, role in community building social mobility. Urban may also be tool re-appropriate range abandoned or unused irregular spaces within the city, including flowerbeds, roundabouts, terraces, balconies rooftops. Consistently, all that present lack identity converted areas and, more specifically,...
of both economic and environmental viability.Appli-plications on production costs, literature optimal the number hours per day correlates with total --1 Lactuca sativa Ocimum basilicum -Eruca sativaCichorium intybus mol m -2 s -1 plant species.In lettuce chicory, adoption a d photoperiod resulted --2 presented research.
The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled the fragility of food sovereignty in cities and confirmed close connection urban dwellers have with food. Although was not responsible for a systemic failure, it suggested how citizens would accept indeed support transition toward more localized production systems. As this attitudinal shift is aligned sustainability literature, work aims to explore tools actions needed policy framework transformation that recognizes multiple benefits systems, while considering...
In recent years, research on light emitting diodes (LEDs) has highlighted their great potential as a lighting system for plant growth, development and metabolism control. The suitability of LED devices cultivation turned the technology into main component in controlled or closed plant-growing environments, experiencing an extremely fast horticulture metrics. this context, present study aims to provide insight current global industry features potentialities LEDs’ applications. An updated...
Abstract BACKGROUND The main objective of this study was to evaluate physiological and quality changes minimally processed broccoli sprouts illuminated during postharvest storage under blue, red far‐red LED lighting as compared darkness or illumination with fluorescent light, control treatments. RESULTS Morphological microbiological were determined 15 days at 5 °C. In addition, total antioxidant activity bioactive compound throughout the shelf life also monitored. Results showed that...
Abstract African agriculture is bound to face challenges for its future food systems development and economic transformation. Indoor vertical farms with artificial lighting represent an opportunity that has been gaining relevance worldwide, thanks their potential enable high productivity rates, quality safety, year-round production, more sustainable use of water mineral nutrients. The present study assesses the farming technology integration within continent, targeting countries where a...
Recently, far-red wavelengths (FR, 700–750 nm) have been largely investigated in indoor cultivation systems due to their morphological effects on plants (e.g., leaf expansion and stem elongation), resulting also increasing yield. This work the effect of substituting part red (R) blue (B) radiation with radiation, while keeping constant photon flux density, light spectrum for lettuce grown a vertical farm. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. Canasta) were transplanted an ebb-and-flow system 29 days....
Vertical farming is gaining popularity as a sustainable solution to global food demand, particularly in urban areas where space limited. However, optimizing key factors such planting density remains critical issue, it directly affects light interception, energy efficiency, and crop yield. Lettuce basil, the most commonly grown crops vertical farms, were chosen for this study, with aim of addressing impact on interception overall productivity improving performance sustainability systems....
Water use efficiency is a main research target in agriculture, which consumes 70% of global freshwater. This study aimed at identifying sustainable water management strategies for the lettuce crop semi-arid climate. Three independent experiments were carried out on commercial variety (Lactuca sativa L.) by applying different irrigation levels based evapotranspiration (ETc), estimated through both Hargreaves–Samani and Penman–Monteith equations. In first experiment, one treatment was also...