Plant Factory 2nd Edition

An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production

Kozai, Niu, Takagaki
Elsevier S&T
450 pages
ISBN-13: 9780128166918
November 2019

Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production, Second Edition presents a comprehensive look at the implementation of plant factory (PF) practices to yield food crops for both improved food security and environmental sustainability. Edited and authored by leading experts in PF and controlled environment agriculture (CEA), the book is divided into five sections, including an Overview and the Concept of Closed Plant Production Systems (CPPS), the Basics of Physics and Physiology – Environments and Their Effects, System Design, Construction, Cultivation and Management and Plant Factories in Operation.