Plant factory : an indoor vertical farming system for efficient quality food production /
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Academic Press,
2015
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 5, Kozai; Chapter 19.2, Shibuya; Chapter 19.3, He; Part 1: Overview and Concept of Closed Plant Production System (CPPS); Chapter 1: Introduction; Introduction; References; Chapter 2: Role of the Plant Factory with Artificial Lighting (PFAL) in Urban Areas; Introduction; Interrelated Global Issues to be Solved Concurrently; Resource Inflow and Waste Outflow in Urban Areas; Energy and Material Balance in Urban Ecosystems.
- Photoautotrophs (Plants) and Heterotrophs (Animals and Microorganisms)Waste Produced in Urban Areas as an Essential Resource for Growing Plants; Plant Production Systems Integrated With Other Biological Systems; Role of Organic Fertilizers and Microorganisms in the Soil; Stability and Controllability of the Environment in Plant Production Systems; Key Indices for Sustainable Food Production; What is ""PFAL""?; Plants Suited and Unsuited to PFALs; Growing Social Needs and Interest in PFALs; Criticisms of PFALs and Responses to Them; Initial Cost is Too High; Production Cost is Too High.
- Electricity Cost is Too High, Whereas Solar Light is FreeLabor Cost is Too High; PFAL-Grown Vegetables Are Neither Tasty Nor Nutritious; Most PFALs Are Not Making a Profit; Land Price is Too High; Water Consumption for Irrigation Is too High; PFALs Can Only Produce Leafy Greens-Minor Vegetables-Economically; Towards a Sustainable PFAL; Requirements for a Sustainable PFAL; Factors Affecting the Sustainability of PFALs; Positive aspects affecting environmental, resource, social, and economic sustainability; Factors to be solved to improve sustainability.
- Similarities Between the Earth, Space Farms, Autonomous Cities, and PFALsConclusion; References; Chapter 3: PFAL Business and R & D in the World: Current Status and Perspectives; Introduction; Japan; Brief History and Current Status of PFAL Business; Research and Development; Public Service; Taiwan; Status of PFAL in Taiwan; PFAL Expo in Taiwan; PFAL Research; Cost comparison of PFALs; Spectra of LEDs used in PFALs; Wireless sensor networks in PFALs; Ion-selective sensors for nutrient detection; Nondestructive plant growth measurement system; Business Models of PFALs in Taiwan; Conclusions.
- KoreaPFAL Industry, a Commitment to the Future; Research and Technical Development; Private Companies and Farms in the PFAL Business; Achievements and Challenges; China; Development of PFAL in China; Case Study of Typical PFALs; PFALs in the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; PFAL of Beijing Kingpeng International Hi-Tech Corporation; Plant factory of Zhejiang University; PFAL with LED in Shouguang; Research Projects on Plant Factories in China; North America; History; Contribution of Space Science; Current Status and Future Prospective; Europe (England, The Netherlands, and Others).
