Optimizing Indoor Agriculture -OptimIA

As we approach the 60th OptimIA Indoor Ag Science Café episode, we invite you to take a moment to rewind and join OptimIA for a quick recap of our recent café episodes! "?????????????? ???????????????????? ?????????????? ???????????????????? ?????????????????????? ?????? ???????????? ???????????????? ???????? ?????????????? ????????????????????” In the January episode of OptimIA’s Indoor Ag Science Café series, Dr. John Ertle (PP Systems) discusses his recent research on a timely topic for many lettuce growers: why does tipburn emerge and how growers can manage tipburn in indoor vertical farm conditions through tipburn testing, cultivar selection, reducing DLI and the utilization of dim blue light. You can view Dr. Ertle’s presentation at https://lnkd.in/eq68n8VM. “?????????????????????? ?????????????? ???? ?????????? ?????????? ???? ???????????? ???????????????? ??????????” In the December episode of OptimIA’s Indoor Ag Science Café series, Dr. Roberto Lopez (Michigan State University) explains how temperature effects on plants can be utilized by growers in indoor vertical farms to manipulate plant growth and development. You can view Dr. Lopez’s presentation at https://lnkd.in/etVDqZBH. “?????? ???? ???????? ???????????????????????? ?????? ?????????? ???????????????? ?????? ?????? ???????????????????? ???? ?????????????????????????????? ?????? ?????????????????? ??????????????????” In the November episode of OptimIA’s Indoor Ag Science Café series, Dr. Shoko Hikosaka (Chiba University, Japan) delves into the impact, value, cultivation conditions and production of plant-made pharmaceuticals’ (PMPs). During her presentation, Dr. Hikosaka highlights research on the cultivation of genetically modified everbearing strawberries as a host plant for pharmaceuticals and the use of genome edited dwarf tomatoes for commercial food production. You can view Dr. Hikosaka’s presentation at https://lnkd.in/eYsUfich. Indoor Ag Science Café is an outreach program of the OptimIA project, funded by the USDA SCRI grant program. Interested parties can join the free café forums, live or recorded (https://lnkd.in/eEbymRZH). The café forum is designed to serve as a communication platform among scientists and indoor farming professionals. #optimia?#controlledenvironmentagriculture?#indooragriculture?#indoorag?#CEA?#verticalfarming?#indoorfarm