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Supplemental Lighting for Greenhouse-Grown Fruiting Vegetables

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Supplemental lighting (SL) technology has played an important role increasing the productivity of greenhouse crops over the past 30 years and has been more extensively and flexibly employed since LED lights became commercially available for horticultural use. This chapter reviews the applicable regions of the world and conditions for using SL, types of SL, suitable light sources, economic considerations, and current research on each type of SL for fruiting vegetables grown in greenhouses. Important aspects of using SL are summarized.

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  1. Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, Chiba University, 6-2-1 Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-0882, Japan

    Na Lu

  2. Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, 625 Agriculture Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2010, USA

    Cary A. Mitchell

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  1. Japan Plant Factory Association (NPO), Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

    Toyoki Kozai

  2. Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazuhiro Fujiwara

  3. Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Erik S. Runkle

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Lu, N., Mitchell, C.A. (2016). Supplemental Lighting for Greenhouse-Grown Fruiting Vegetables. In: Kozai, T., Fujiwara, K., Runkle, E. (eds) LED Lighting for Urban Agriculture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1848-0_16

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