greenhouse horticulture News
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Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture helps to improve greenhouse horticulture in Chile
Chile is a unique country: 4 000 km long, 17.6 million people of which more than five live in the capital Santiago. In the neighbouring province of Valparaiso (33 ° S) is located the main greenhouse horticulture region of Chile. The local government contracted the foundation Wageningen UR Chile to make a plan for an Innovation, Demonstration and Training Center. For this, Wageningen UR ...
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Strategic greenhouse horticulture research has joint benefits
Six months after its launch, the ‘Club of 100’ continues to grow steadily; around 40 supply companies are now more closely involved in strategic research into greenhouse horticulture at Wageningen UR, and jointly carry responsibility for the research. The participating companies are right on top of the latest developments, have a say in the research and develop an interesting network. ...
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Hygroscopic dehumidification with salt
More closed growing requires a different way of dehumidifying the greenhouse air. Growers in various places throughout the world have gained experience with 'hygroscopic dehumidrfication* in the past few years. Also in the Netherlands, the first greenhouse horticulture companies will be working with this system. A pilot is being performed with a new variation. "If you want to save energy in ...
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Lighting strategies for LEDs in greenhouse horticulture
The use of assimilation lighting in greenhouse horticulture has increased by 10% per year during the past decade, leading to a considerable increase in electricity consumption. LED lighting systems have a variety of advantages, ranging from their small size, high energy conversion efficiency to the option to emit specific wavelengths. In the EU project HI-LED, Wageningen UR Greenhouse ...
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Wageningen UR designs horticultural research centers in the Middle East
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture is involved in the establishment of horticultural research centers in the Middle East where food security and food safety are important political and social issues. The establishment of a horticultural center starts by formulating a research agenda for the coming years. Based on this agenda and other conditions, like budget, a design is made by Wageningen UR ...
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Save the date: III International Symposium on Organic Greenhouse Horticulture
Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture and the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), represented by the Commissions for Organic Horticulture, Protected Cultivation and Horticultural Engineering, Working Group Organic Greenhouse Horticulture and the COST Action FA1105 Biogreenhouse have the honor to invite all engaged in research, producers, teaching, extension, and public ...
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High-tech greenhouse research facility for Australian horticulture
Supported by Wageningen UR Greenhouse horticulture, a new high-tech greenhouse research facility will be built on the campus of University of Western Sydney, 50 km West of Sydney, Australia. Greenhouse horticultural industry is fast developing in Australia. Several new large vegetable production sites have started their operation during the last years, some of them with Dutch technology. ...
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10% more light in a new greenhouse concept: the Winterlight Greenhouse
The Winterlight Greenhouse is a new greenhouse concept which gains 10% more light in winter and is currently under construction at Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture in Bleiswijk. The Winterlight Greenhouse has a new type of screen system: Ludvig Svensson high transmittance screen and specially developed diffusing glass. Together with optimization of the construction, more than 10% light gain ...
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New Sweet-pepper harvesting robot Sweeper ready for testing in commercial greenhouse
The international project team that works on the development of the sweet pepper harvesting robot Sweeper has entered its second year of research. Recently, the by Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture coordinated team discussed the latest progress: Sweeper is ready for testing in a commercial greenhouse! First model Sweeper in use After testing and selection of individual modules, the first ...
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Growing cucumber and sweet pepper in water efficient zero emission greenhouse
Regulations to reduce the emission of nutrients and pesticides force the horticultural industry to adopt a new approach to water management. Is a zero-emission greenhouse feasible? Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture is currently testing the zero emission greenhouse. In this zero emission greenhouse all drain water is re-used. In the reference greenhouse occasional discharge takes place in ...
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LED lighting can significantly reduce greenhouse horticulture energy consumption
With the exception of energy consumption, where there is still much to be done, the Dutch are global leaders in greenhouse horticulture. The quality is high, and nowhere else is the use of water and pesticides so low. Even so, demand for innovation, sustainable production and healthy fruit and vegetables and high-quality flowers remains high. One innovation that would really help in this is the ...
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PureBlue Water participates in project: `Microbial free water for greenhouse horticulture”
PureBlue Water is happy to give a glance behind the scenes! In collaboration with Wageningen University & Research within the business unit Greenhouse Horticulture & Flower Bulbs and the KWR (Watercycle Research Institute), PureBlue Water participates with four other partners in a two-year research project: "Microbial free water for greenhouse horticulture". This project is designed to ...
By PureBlue
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Exciting News for Vineland with FedDev Investment Announcement
Member of Parliament Vance Badawey, Niagara Centre and Member of Parliament Chris Bittle, St. Catharines announced $5.76 million in FedDev Ontario funding for Vineland’s new Collaborative Greenhouse Technology Centre at a special event June 3. Hon Jeff Leal, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Alan Caslin, Niagara Regional Chair were also present to discuss the ...
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Expansion of greenhouse horticulture in Spain seen to compromise conservation and the revitalisation of rural areas
Land-use changes in the arid south-eastern Iberian Peninsula impact on the supply of various ecosystem services that support human well-being. Research into perceptions of the rapid expansion of greenhouse horticulture and the abandonment of rural and mountainous areas has highlighted trade-offs between conservation efforts and economic development. This study aimed to examine the perceptions ...
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Brite is participating in HortiContact 2020
Gorinchem | The Netherlands 18 – 20 February | Evenementenhal F218 Stand For years, the Netherlands has been recognized as a leader in the international horticulture sector. HortiContact is proud to be considered the largest specialist Dutch horticulture nexus point. The leading Dutch platform for greenhouse tech, ‘Horticulture Business Days Gorinchem’, will now live on under ...
By Brite Solar
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Dutch-German research team develops new integrated crop protection system for greenhouse horticulture
The Dutch-German ‘Healthy Greenhouse’ project offers a completely new ‘total concept’ for crop protection in modern greenhouse horticulture. This new ‘Healthy Greenhouse System’ enables growers to produce high-quality crops without pests and diseases. After four years of research the results of the Interreg project ‘Healthy Greenhouse’ will be ...
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Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture will test disinfection equipment and substances
Starting this autumn it is possible to test disinfection equipment for pathogen elimination in soilless cropping methods. It is also possible to test substances or products to eliminate pathogens from the nutrient solution and to clean the piping. The last group can also be tested for remnants which may be able to damage plants. According a strict protocol pathogenic bacteria, fungi or virus will ...
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Reinforced Ultra-Clima greenhouse can cope with snowfall in the north of Russia
Russia aims to have more control of its food supply. This is coming under more and more pressure because of the ongoing boycott of Western vegetables and fruit. KUBO has now realised some 200 hectares of modern greenhouses. The most recent project is in Sosnogorsk, a city in the north of the country. The production greenhouse will be eleven hectares, including a nursery section. The Russian ...
By Kubo Group
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Selective broccoli harvester increases uniformity and quality of the product
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture is developing a harvester for broccoli. This robot is different from other mechanical harvesters by adding a selectivity feature: an intelligent Computer Vision system registers and selects only the broccoli of a pre-determined exact size and leaves the remainder until another optimal harvesting moment is reached. A broccoli crop does not grow in an uniform ...
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Dutch university uses PlantCare technology
Dutch university Wageningen UR uses PlantCare equipment for soil moisture research in their greenhouse horticulture facilities in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands. 6 PlantCare wireless sensors, for recording soil moisture and soil temperature, and a PlantControl CX wireless data logger with modem, for sending the data to an email address, are being used. PlantCare’s worldwide patented sensor ...
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