Improving vegetable quality in controlled environments

Y Rouphael, MC Kyriacou, SA Petropoulos… - Scientia …, 2018 - Elsevier
During the last decades, food security has become a vital global concern driven by
projections of population increase and exacerbated by the impending pressure of climate …

Advances in greenhouse automation and controlled environment agriculture: A transition to plant factories and urban agriculture

R Shamshiri, F Kalantari, KC Ting, KR Thorp… - International Journal of …, 2018 - ijabe.net
Greenhouse cultivation has evolved from simple covered rows of open-fields crops to highly
sophisticated controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facilities that projected the image of …

Design challenges of agricultural greenhouses in hot and arid environments A review

S Ghani, F Bakochristou, EMAA ElBialy… - … Environment and Food, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Protected Agriculture (PA) presents a sustainable solution for food production in hot and arid
environments. Harsh climate and the water deficit are obstacles to all year round cultivation …

Exogenous application of 5-aminolevulinic acid promotes coloration and improves the quality of tomato fruit by regulating carotenoid metabolism

J Wang, J Zhang, J Li, MM Dawuda, B Ali… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) plays an important role in plant growth and development. It can
also be used to enhance crop resistance to environmental stresses and improve the color …

Influence of water stress levels on the yield and lycopene content of tomato

S Takács, Z Pék, D Csányi, HG Daood, P Szuvandzsiev… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Good water supply practice provides benefits such as water and energy conservation but
also alters the quality of yield. These effects of irrigation on yield quantity and quality are …

Scion and rootstock differently influence growth, yield and quality characteristics of cherry tomato

RP Mauro, M Agnello, A Onofri, C Leonardi, F Giuffrida - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Grafting is a valuable tool for managing problems of tomato soil-borne pathogens and pests,
but often generates unpredictable effects on crop yield and product quality. To observe …

Ripening‐Dependent Changes in Antioxidants, Color Attributes, and Antioxidant Activity of Seven Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivars

SR Bhandari, JG Lee - Journal of Analytical Methods in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
To evaluate the ripening‐dependent changes in phytonutrients, seven commercial cultivars
(two general and five cherry) of tomatoes were cultivated under greenhouse conditions …

Watering Volume and Growing Design's Effect on the Productivity and Quality of Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cerasiformae) Cultivar Ruby

F Ahmad, K Kusumiyati, MA Soleh, MR Khan… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is intriguing to understand the influence of the watering volume and growing design on the
growth, yield, and quality of cherry tomatoes. This study sought to identify the most effective …

Antioxidants (carotenoids and phenolics) profile of cherry tomatoes as influenced by deficit irrigation, ripening and cluster

E Coyago-Cruz, M Corell, A Moriana, D Hernanz… - Food chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the effect of regulated
deficit irrigation, cluster, developmental stages and two seasons (autumn 2015 and spring …

Shade nets improve vegetable performance

MY Kabir, SU Nambeesan, JC Díaz-Pérez - Scientia Horticulturae, 2024 - Elsevier
Though plants require sunlight, excessive solar radiation during scorching summer can burn
the crop canopy and render vegetable cultivation challenging. Shade net offers an …