Optimization of Horticultural Plant Production in Controlled Environments Using Proximal Sensing
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Protected Culture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2025 | Viewed by 761
Special Issue Editors
Interests: abiotic stress; plant biochemistry; gene transcription; nutrients; ecophysiology
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Interests: growing media; nutrient management; precision agriculture; modeling; ecophysiology
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Interests: fluorescence; precision agriculture; crop production; optical sensing
Interests: greenhouse horticulture; soilless culture; nursery crops; plant water relations; mineral nutrition; crop modeling; quality of vegetables; open-field vegetable crops; biofortification; wild edible plants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, the production of horticultural crops in protected environments is facing a deep upgrade toward high technological control systems, precision techniques, and more sustainable agronomic practices. Controlled environments are characterized by the possibility to modulate environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, and light as well as the agronomic conditions such as the type of substrate, irrigation, and fertilization. These modulations enhance plant physiology and yield optimizing both quantitative and qualitative aspects of productions. In this context, it is strongly needed the development of non-destructive protocols to evaluate the plant physiological status in real time under different conditions.
This Special Issue is aimed at collecting papers using non-destructive methodologies for proximal physiological measurements using portable photonic tools on horticultural plants. Papers dealing with the exploitation of new strategies for reducing the use of fertilizers, water, and phytochemicals are particularly welcomed.
Dr. Silvia Traversari
Dr. Sonia Cacini
Dr. Lorenza Tuccio
Dr. Luca Incrocci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- greenhouse
- hydroponics
- input saving
- photonic sensors
- sustainable horticulture
- vertical farming
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