Organic Vegetable Crop Production in Controlled Environments Using Soilless Media

Manures for Organic Crop Production

Livestock manures are an important resource in sustainable and organic crop production. This publication addresses the problems and challenges of using both raw and composted manures and discusses some of the solutions. It also deals with guano, a similar material. Manures for Organic

Conservation of Aquaculture Wastewater and Nutrients through Vegetable Crop Production

Global aquaculture production has expanded at an average annual rate of 6.2% during 2000-2012, with world aquaculture production of 66.7 million tons in 2012, outpacing world population growth rate of 1.6%. According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aquaculture is estimated to supply 62% of the world’s fish for human consumption by 2030. However, aquaculture produces huge volumes of ...

Mineral and organic growing media have distinct community structure, stability and functionality in soilless culture systems

The choice of soilless growing medium for plant nutrition, growth and support is crucial for improving the eco-sustainability of the production in horticultural systems. As our current understanding of the functional microbial communities inhabiting this ecosystem is still limited, we examined the microbial community development of the two most important growing media (organic and mineral) used...

Nighttime visual media production in club environments

We analyze how VJs produce visuals to support DJs in dark and noisy club environments, enhancing the overall experience. We suggest that mobile technologies could improve the interaction between the audience and the VJ. As a first step to the generation of new applications, we tease out some characteristics of VJ production and live performance, which might influence the design of such technolo...

Increasing crop production through more controlled photosynthesis.