List price   € 140     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Convener   E. Heuvelink  Editors   L.F.M. Marcelis, G. van Straten, C. Stanghellini, E. Heuvelink  Publication date   29 October 2006  ISBN   978-90-66056-09-1  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   79  Volumes   1  Place   Wageningen, Netherlands  Online articles: DEVELOPING, PARAMETERIZING, AND TESTING OF DYNAMIC CROP GROWTH MODELS FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS (K.J. Boote, J.M.S. Scholberg) A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL FOR SIMULATING STEM DIAMETER FLUCTUATIONS AND RADIAL STEM GROWTH (K. Steppe, A. Saveyn, K. Vermeulen, R. Lemeur) THE CONVEYOR BELT MODEL FOR FRUIT BEARING VEGETABLES: APPLICATION TO SWEET PEPPER YIELD OSCILLATIONS (H. Schepers, W. Kromdijk, O. van Kooten) 3D ARCHITECTURAL MODELLING OF GREENHOUSE CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS SATIVUS L.) USING L-SYSTEMS (K. Kahlen) A FUNCTIONAL-STRUCTURAL MODEL OF CHRYSANTHEMUM FOR PREDICTION OF ORNAMENTAL QUALITY (P.H.B. de Visser, G.W.A.M. van der Heijden, L.F.M. Marcelis, S.M.P. Carvalho, E. Heuvelink) 3D ORCHARD CANOPY ARCHITECTURAL MODELLING FOR USE IN AIRFLOW AND DRIFT PREDICTIONS (A.M. Endalew, M. Hertog, P. Verboven, M.A. Delele, K. Baetens, H. Ramon, B.M. Nicolaï) A METHOD TO ANALYSE THE RADIATION TRANSFER WITHIN A GREENHOUSE CUCUMBER CANOPY (CUCUMIS SATIVUS L.) (D. Wiechers, K. Kahlen, H. Stützel) A SIMPLE MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND YIELD OF THREE GREENHOUSE CROPS (J. Dai, W. Luo, Y. Li, C. Yuan, Y. Chen, J. Ni) NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF ROSE GROWTH (E. Bernsen, O. Bokhove, D.M. van der Sar) TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF CAPSICUM ANNUUM FRUIT PRODUCTION CULTIVATED IN GREENHOUSE (P. Verroens, B.E. Verlinden, C. Sauviller, J. Lammertyn, B. De Ketelaere, B.M. Nicolaï) A SIMPLE PHENOLOGICAL AND POTENTIAL PRODUCTION MODEL FOR CAPE GOOSEBERRY (PHYSALIS PERUVIANA L.) (M.R. Salazar, J.W. Jones, B. Chaves-Cordoba, A. Cooman) PREDICTING STEM LENGTH OF CUT FLOWER ROSES AT HARVEST USING STEM ELONGATION RATES IN RELATIONSHIP TO DEVELOPMENTAL EVENTS (L.R. Oki, N.S. Mattson, J.H. Lieth) MODELLING DRY MATTER PRODUCTION AND PARTITIONING IN SWEET PEPPER (L.F.M. Marcelis, A. Elings, M.J. Bakker, E. Brajeul, J.A. Dieleman, P.H.B. de Visser, E. Heuvelink) BUILDING VIRTUAL CHRYSANTHEMUM BASED ON SINK-SOURCE RELATIONSHIPS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS (M.Z. Kang, E. Heuvelink, PH. de Reffye) UNCERTAINTY OF PREDICTED GREENHOUSE TOMATO PRODUCTION: MECHANISTIC VERSUS STOCHASTIC MODELS? (E. Schrevens, C. Bojaca, A. Cooman) A ´BIG LEAF, BIG FRUIT, BIG SUBSTRATE´ MODEL FOR EXPERIMENTS ON RECEDING HORIZON OPTIMAL CONTROL OF NUTRIENT SUPPLY TO GREENHOUSE TOMATO (G. van Straten, B. Vanthoor, L.G. van Willigenburg, A. Elings) MODEL GUIDED CALIBRATION: NITROGEN IN CAULIFLOWER (I. Seginer, H. Stützel) OPERATIONAL OPTIMIZATION OF ORGANIC FERTILIZER APPLICATION IN GREENHOUSE CROPS (F.K. van Evert, P.H.B. de Visser, M. Heinen) MODELS AND SENSORS IN GREENHOUSE CONTROL (A.N.M. de Koning) CROP MONITORING BY MEANS OF AN ON-LINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (J. Dekock, J.-M. Aerts, D. Berckmans, K. Vermeulen, K. Steppe, R. Lemeur, K. Janssen, P. Bleyaert, J. Westra, T. Rieswijk) MODEL APPLICATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT GREENHOUSES IN THE NETHERLANDS: GREENHOUSE DESIGN, OPERATIONAL CONTROL AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (J.C. Bakker) ENERGY SAVING IN GREENHOUSES: OPTIMAL USE OF CLIMATE CONDITIONS AND CROP MANAGEMENT (J.A. Dieleman, L.F.M. Marcelis, A. Elings, T.A. Dueck, E. Meinen) EVALUATIONS OF ENERGY PERFORMANCE FOR GREENHOUSES BASED ON MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY (T. Oloffson, A. Majabacka, S. Engblom) MULTIPLE-DAY TEMPERATURE SETTINGS ON THE BASIS OF THE ASSIMILATE BALANCE: A SIMULATION STUDY (A. Elings, H.F. de Zwart, J. Janse, L.F.M. Marcelis, F. Buwalda) SOFTWARE FOR CALCULATING THE EFFECT OF ENERGY SAVING INVESTMENTS ON GREENHOUSES (G.L.A.M. Swinkels) ON-LINE ESTIMATION OF THE VENTILATION RATE OF GREENHOUSES: (J. Bontsema, E.J. van Henten, J. Hemming, J. Budding, T. Rieswijk) ROLES AND PROSPECTS OF MODELS IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE SOLAR GREENHOUSE CROP AND CLIMATE MANAGEMENT (W. Luo) MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF THE CLIMATE INSIDE A GLASSHOUSE DURING DAYTIME INCLUDING RADIATIVE AND CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFERS (S.A. Ould Khaoua, P.E. Bournet, G. Chassériaux) GREENHOUSE HEATING AND DETERMINATION OF NOCTURNAL HEAT LOSS (M. Teitel, M. Barak, A. Antler) MICROCLIMATE AND TRANSPIRATION OF GREENHOUSE ROSE CROPS: MEASUREMENTS AND SIMULATION (O. Liran, J. Tanny, M. Teitel, M. Barak) INFLUENCE OF POLYETHYLENE MULCH ON NIGHT MICROCLIMATE, DEW POINT AND PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS INFECTION IN NON-HEATED TOMATO GREENHOUSES IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL (S. Cohen, G. Ziv, Y. Elad, A. Grava, D. Shtienberg) THE INFLUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS ON RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCES OF AGRICULTURAL NETS (S. Castellano, G. Russo, G.S. Mugnozza) FOURIER EXPANSION OF THE TRANSMITIVITY COEFFICIENT (M. Bonilla, J.J. Cordova, W. Yu) SOIL TEMPERATURES AFFECTED BY DIFFERENT SOLARIZATION PRACTICES (S. Sesveren, S. Topcu, C. Kurda) DISPERSION OF PESTICIDES FROM A NATURALLY VENTILATED GREENHOUSE: A CFD APPROACH (T. Bartzanas, N. Katsoulas, C. Kittas, A.A. Sapounas) SIMULATING SEASONAL PATTERNS OF INCREASED GREENHOUSE CROP PRODUCTION BY CONVERSION OF DIRECT RADIATION INTO DIFFUSE RADIATION (R.E.E Jongschaap, T.A. Dueck, N. Marissen, S. Hemming, L.F.M. Marcelis) A MODEL FOR THE CLIMATE OF AN INNOVATIVE CLOSED GREENHOUSE FOR MODEL BASED CONTROL (B. Speetjens, J. Xu, G. van Straten, H. Stigter) DYNAMIC MODELING OF MICROCLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL STRATEGIES IN A GREENHOUSE COUPLED WITH A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM (I. Yildiz, D.P. Stombaugh) SIMULATED PERFORMANCES OF A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM FOR ENERGY AND WATER CONSERVATION IN OPEN AND CONFINED GREENHOUSE SYSTEMS (I. Yildiz, D.P. Stombaugh) VENTILATION OF SMALL MULTISPAN GREENHOUSE IN RELATION TO THE WINDOW OPENINGS CALCULATED WITH CFD (J.B. Campen) A MODEL-BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR TEMPERATURE SET POINT OPTIMISATION FOR GREENHOUSE HEATING UNDER SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE CONDITIONS (J. Dai, W. Luo) TOWARD AN OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGY FOR SWEET PEPPER CULTIVATION - 1. A DYNAMIC CROP MODEL (F. Buwalda, E.J. van Henten, A. de Gelder, J. Bontsema, J. Hemming) CLOSYS: CLOSED SYSTEM FOR WATER AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN HORTICULTURE (L.F.M. Marcelis, J.A. Dieleman, T. Boulard, A. Garate, C. Kittas, C. Buschmann, E. Brajeul, G. Wieringa, F. de Groot, A. van Loon, L. Kocsanyi) DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN AUTOMATED PROTOTYPE FOR THE FERTIGATION MANAGEMENT IN A CLOSED SYSTEM (E. Brajeul, L.F.M. Marcelis, P.H.B. de Visser, A. Elings, A. Lecomte, M. Tchamitchian, E. Maillard) TOWARD AN OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGY FOR SWEET PEPPER CULTIVATION - 2. OPTIMIZATION OF THE YIELD PATTERN AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY (E.J. van Henten, F. Buwalda, H.F. de Zwart, A. de Gelder, J. Hemming, J. Bontsema) THE ADAPTIVE GREENHOUSE - AN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS APPROACH TO DEVELOPING PROTECTED CULTIVATION SYSTEMS (E.J. van Henten, J.C. Bakker, L.F.M. Marcelis, A. van 't Ooster, E. Dekker, C. Stanghellini, B. Vanthoor, B. Van Randeraat, J. Westra) A THRIPS PEST PRESSURE MODEL FOR GREENHOUSE CLIMATE CONTROL (O. Körner, L. Jakobsen) EVALUATION OF ENERGY USE AND SOME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FOR GREENHOUSE TOMATO PRODUCTION IN THE HIGH ALTITUDE TROPICS (A. Medina, A. Cooman, C.A. Parrado, E. Schrevens) SIMPLIFIED MODELS FOR THE WATER RELATIONS OF SOILLESS CULTURES: WHAT THEY DO OR SUGGEST FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER USE IN INTENSIVE HORTICULTURE (A. Pardossi, F. Malorgio, L. Incrocci, G. Carmassi, R. Maggini, D. Massa, F. Tognoni) A MODEL DESCRIBING ROOT GROWTH AND WATER, N AND CL UPTAKE IN CLOSED LOOP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS (B. Bar-Yosef, S. Fishman, H.P. Klaering) MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF CYCLICAL PLANT GROWTH AND NUTRIENT STORAGE ON N, P, AND K ABSORPTION BY HYDROPONICALLY GROWN CUT FLOWER ROSES (N.S. Mattson, J.H. Lieth, W.S. Kim) EXPLORING A MODEL RELATING THE ACCUMULATION OF NACL WITH THE WATER CONSUMPTION IN CLOSED HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS (D. Savvas, N. Sigrimis, I. Tsirogiannis, G. Gizas, N. Petropoulos, S. Koukladas) MODELING LIME REACTION IN PEAT-BASED SUBSTRATES (P.R. Fisher, J. Huang, W.R. Argo) MODELING THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENT SOLUTION COMPOSITION AND IRRADIANCE ON ACCUMULATION OF NITRATE IN HYDROPONIC LETTUCE (M.P.N. Gent) USE OF BIOSTIMULANTS FOR REDUCING NUTRIENT SOLUTION CONCENTRATION IN FLOATING SYSTEM (P. Vernieri, E. Borghesi, F. Tognoni, G. Serra, A. Ferrante, A. Piagessi) BOTH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND SODIUM ABSORPTION RATIO OF THE FERTIGATION SOLUTION AFFECT YIELD AND QUALITY OF SOILLESS MELON CROPS (M. Guzman, J. Olave) CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM AND POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS PREDICTION IN A RECIRCULATED NUTRIENT SOLUTION OF A GREENHOUSE SOILLESS ROSE CROP (CH. Lykas, N. Katsoulas, C. Kittas) PHYSICAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF FOUR SUBSTRATES USED IN THE CUT-FLOWER INDUSTRY IN COLOMBIA (M.F. Quintero, C.A. Gonzalez, V.J. Florez-Roncancio) SOILLESS CULTIVATION OF MOTHER PLANTS OF EUPHORBIA X LOMI HYBRIDS ON DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES (G. Fascella, G.V. Zizzo, S. Agnello) SOILLESS CULTIVATION OF SAFFRON IN MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT (A. Maggio, G. Raimondi, A. Martino, S. De Pascale) NUTRIENTS INFLUENCE ON READY TO EAT SWEET BASIL QUALITY (S. De Pascale, A. Maggio, F. Orsini, G. Barbieri) EVALUATION OF THE ´FERTIGATION MODEL´, A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR WATER AND NUTRIENT SUPPLY FOR SOIL GROWN GREENHOUSE CROPS (W. Voogt, A. van Winkel, F. Steinbuch) MEASURING AND PREDICTING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN A BANANA SCREENHOUSE (J. Tanny, S. Cohen, D. Elmowitz, H. Liu, A. Grava) TRANSPIRATION OF GLASSHOUSE ROSE CROPS: EVALUATION OF REGRESSION MODELS (R. Baas, E. van Rijssel) THE PHYSIOLOGY OF FLOWERING: QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF PHOTO-THERMAL ENVIRONMENT (S.R. Adams) COMPUTATION OF MECHANICAL STRESS IN MELON (CUCUMIS MELO L.) HYPOCOTYLS DURING TRANSPLANT PRECONDITIONING BY BRUSHING (L.F. Hernandez, M.E. Ayastuy, M.A. Cantamutto) THE EFFECT OF ANTITRANSPIRANT ON GROWTH AND WATER UPTAKE OF SWEET PEPPER PLANTS: EXPERIMENTS AND EMPIRICAL MODELLING (F.M. del Amor, I.L. Lopez-Cruz, A. Ramirez-Arias) MODELING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOMATO FRUIT GROWTH AND THE EFFECTIVE ACCUMULATED TEMPERATURE IN SOLAR GREENHOUSE (C. He, Z. Zhang) PREDICTING LEAF AREA OF THREE GREENHOUSE CROPS USING PAR AND TEMPERATURE (W. Luo, J. Dai, Y. Li, C. Yuan, Y. Chen, J. Ni) ENERGY SCREENS IN TOMATO: DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL OPENING STRATEGY (J.A. Dieleman, F.L.K. Kempkes) GROWTH RATES OF ROSE CV. ´CHARLOTTE´ IN BOTH SOIL AND SOILLESS CROP SYSTEMS IN THE BOGOTÁ PLATEAU, COLOMBIA (A. Farias-Arias, L.A. Chaparro-Torres, V.J. Florez-Roncancio, B. Chaves-Cordoba) GROWTH ANALYSIS ON ROSE FLOWERING STEM CV. ´CHARLOTTE´ IN BOTH SOIL AND SUBSTRATE CULTIVATION SYSTEMS (L.A. Chaparro-Torres, A. Farias-Arias, V.J. Florez-Roncancio, B. Chaves-Cordoba, D. Miranda-Lasprilla) GROWTH ANALYSIS OF STANDARD CARNATION CV. ´NELSON´ IN DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES (C.A. Cardenas-Méndez, I.F. Rivera-Gomez, V.J. Florez-Roncancio, B. Chaves-Cordoba, W. Piedrahita-Canola) ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS OF FRUIT QUALITY: A CHALLENGE FOR PEACH AND TOMATO (N. Bertin, P. Bussières, M. Génard) A CONCEPT OF A COMPONENT BASED SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE POT-PLANT KEEPING QUALITY (O. Körner, P. Thonning Skou, J. Mazanti Aaslyng, C.O. Ottosen, B. Norregaard Jorgensen) IMPROVING PRODUCT QUALITY AND TIMING OF KALANCHOE: MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION (S.M.P. Carvalho, B. Eveleens-Clark, M.J. Bakker, E. Heuvelink) PREHARVEST-POSTHARVEST INTERACTIONS - THE CASE OF TRANSLUCENCY AND COLOUR IN TOMATOES (L.M.M. Tijskens, R.E. Schouten, M.M. Lana, O. van Kooten) EFFECT OF SEA WATER IRRIGATION ON ANTIOXIDANT POWER DURING TOMATO BERRIES RIPENING (A. Incerti, A. Belligno, L. Mengali, F. Navari-Izzo, R. Izzo) APPLICATION OF MIXTURE THEORY FOR OPTIMIZING THE MINERAL NUTRITION IN SOILLESS-GROWN TOMATO (S. Fanasca, Y. Rouphael, C.M. Rivera, G. Colla)