agriculture lighting Articles

Foreign development of China's motor vehicle industry

Foreign technology from Western Europe, the USA, and Japan has been instrumental in the development of China's motor vehicle industry, but progress has been slowed by bureaucratic inertia and attempts by the state to micromanage the industry and foreign investments/trade. Moves to rationalise and privatise state enterprises have failed to promote competition and innovation and the serious lack of ...

Feb. 11, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Take action to stop Chinese chicken imports

In August of 2013 the New York Times reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave the green light to four Chinese poultry processors to ship processed poultry to the United States. The move was aimed to only allow the export of birds killed and slaughtered in the United States or Canada, but the move sets a dangerous precedent towards allowing the export of Chinese poultry. In ...

Jan. 16, 2014

By National Farmers Union (NFU)

Relationship between light and heavy fractions of organic matter for several agricultural soils in China

Although numerous studies about the nature and turnover of soil organic matter (SOM) in light and heavy fractions (LFOM and HFOM, respectively) have been made, little information is available in relation to the relationship between LFOM and HFOM, and no attempts have been made to quantify a general relationship between LFOM and HFOM for agricultural soils under field condition. Our hypothesis is ...

Feb. 27, 2007

By IOS Press

China’s township enterprises

China’s township enterprises, promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, have developed on the basis of the handicrafts industry and the processing of agricultural products and by-products. They have flourished since 1978, becoming the mainstays of the rural economy. In 1999, 2,500 billion yuan in industrial output value was produced by the township enterprises, and the value of exported ...

Nov. 29, 2019

By BIOSANI

How LED and HPS Lighting affects air and leaf temperature

How LED and HPS Lighting can affect air and leaf temperature: The Effects of Convective Heat vs. Radiant Heat As growers are educating themselves more on different lighting technologies, we have been faced with questions many times over about what effects different light sources have on temperature and crop production; what is the difference between Convection Heat and Radiant Heat? Anyone ...

Sep. 18, 2019

By P.L. Light Systems Inc.

Green Lens Applications for Night Fishing

Green lights are useful for attracting large fish at night. Anglers have relied on the practice for decades; and the technique is steadily becoming more effective with the proliferation of new, robust lighting technology. Benefits of Green Lens Applications There are two major factors at work when using green light to attract large fish: light and perception. With a short wavelength ...

Mar. 28, 2017

By Larson Electronics LLC

New market channels for a non-food agricultural product. The development of an alternative supply chain for the bergamot citrus in Calabria, Italy

The bergamot, a typical fruit of the Italian region of Calabria, contains an essence that is a basic component for the perfume industry. In the last decades bergamot sector declined dramatically, because of the introduction of an artificial substitute of the essence and for the producers' fragmentation. After describing the evolution of the industry and of the supply-chain structure, the paper ...

Aug. 27, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

The future of grow light technology

The vision, to create a lighting system so intelligent, it communicates with the plant. Allowing growers to enhance, adjust or suppress certain characteristics of the plant. Basic requirements met will usually end with a healthy harvest. A plant that's communicating and working with its environment will grow into its full and desired potential. Thats right, communicating with plants is not just ...

Dec. 19, 2018

By Goblin Hydro Sales and Service

If Our Planet Had a Say, Here’s Where Future Roads Would Go

A new global ‘roadmap’ shows where to put roads for maximum benefit and least cost to the Earth. “The best thing you could do for the Amazon is to blow up all the roads.” These might sound like the words of an eco-terrorist, but it’s actually a direct quote from Eneas Salati, a forest climatologist and one of Brazil’s most respected scientists. Many ...

Sep. 2, 2014

By Ensia

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