List price   € 65   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   Z. Weimi  Editors   Z. Weimin, L. Qiansheng  Publication date   20 August 2013  ISBN   978-90-66056-36-7  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   22  Volumes   1  Place   Shanghai, China  Online articles: URBAN HYDROPONICS FOR GREEN AND CLEAN CITIES AND FOR FOOD SECURITY (W.H. Schnitzler) SUSTAINABLE PLANT FACTORY: CLOSED PLANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS WITH ARTIFICIAL LIGHT FOR HIGH RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCIES AND QUALITY PRODUCE (T. Kozai) IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FOOD SECURITY AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR THE MODERN CITY (J. He, S.K. Lee) ADVANCED GREENHOUSE MODULES AND RESEARCH FOR USE WITHIN PLANETARY HABITAT (F.-G. Schroeder, N. Domurath, D. Brohm , D. Schubert) A BRIEF DEVELOPMENT HISTORY OF SOILLESS CULTIVATION IN CHINA ( Weimin Zhu , Hua Wang) THE NEED FOR SYSTEMS DESIGN FOR ROBUST AQUAPONIC SYSTEMS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT (T. Vermeulen , A. Kamstra) PRIMARY STUDY ON PAKCHOI FACTORY ( Danfeng Huang, Leiling Sun , Kai Zhang) MELON PRODUCTION USING FOUR HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS (V. Fatahian, R.A. Halim, I. Ahmad, K. Chua, C.B.S. Teh , Y. Awang) THE USE OF HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FOR AN INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY OF MICROALGAE IN CLOSED SYSTEMS - A CONCEPT (C. Scharff, F.-G. Schroeder, W. Arnold) EFFECT OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COIR ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF GREENHOUSE TOMATOES (D.I. Duggan-Jones, M.A. Nichols, D.J. Woolley) EFFECT OF DROUGHT STRESS ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF IVY TREATED WITH RHIZOBACTERIUM BACILLUS SUBTILIS (A. Wolter, F.-G. Schroeder) ALTERNATIVE GROWING MEDIA FOR PRODUCTION OF CUCUMBER CULTIVAR 'BANAN' FOR SOILLESS CULTURE IN KUWAIT (M. Albaho, N. Bhat, B.M. Thomas, S. Isathali, P. George , D. Ghloum) POTENTIAL OF COWPEAT AS PEAT SUBSTITUTE IN HORTICULTURAL SUBSTRATES FOR FOLIAGE PLANTS SEEDLING PRODUCTION ( Qiansheng Li , Min Deng, Jianjun Chen) MEDIA AND WATER MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVED VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF GERBERA (GERBERA JAMESONII) (W.A.P. Weerakkody, K.P.S.S. Kumara, S.J.M.V.L. Samarakoon , R.A.S. Chandrasiri) GLYCYRRHIZIC RESIDUES SUBSTRATES AS COMPONENT OF GROWING MEDIA FOR THE GROWTH OF PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM) PLUG SEEDLING ( Diao Ming, Shi Weimin, Fan Xinmin, Tang Xiaofeng , Liu Huiying) INFLUENCE OF NUTRIENT FORMULA, CONCENTRATION AND PH ON THE GROWTH OF DRACAENA CAMBODIANA HYDROCULTURED IN GLASS CONTAINER AND OPTIMIZING FOR NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT ( Dairong Wang, Fei Liu, Feixiong Liao , Xiaorong Liu) PLANT GROWTH OF COCO-PEAT GROWN TOMATO UNDER ENHANCED FERTIGATION IN HOT AND HUMID CLIMATES (S.M.M.R. Mawalagedera, W.A.P. Weerakkody) EFFECT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER DOSE ON YIELD, QUALITY AND NUTRIENT UTILIZATION RATE OF SWEET PEPPER IN ORGANIC SUBSTRATE ( Lv Xiao-Hui, Yang Ning , Wang Ke-An) PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND NITROGEN METABOLISM OF HEAT-RESISTANT AND HEAT-SENSITIVE RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES (RILS) OF LETTUCE UNDER DIFFERENT ROOT-ZONE TEMPERATURES (J. He, L.T.L. Seet, T.W. Choong , L. Qin , I.C. Dodd ) IDENTIFYING HEAT-RESISTANT RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES (RILS) OF LETTUCE IN THE TROPICS: PRODUCTIVITY AND ROOT PHENOTYPING (T.W. Choong, J. He, L. Qin, I.C. Dodd ) EFFECTS OF ISO-OSMOTIC CA(NO3)2 AND NACL STRESS ON IONIC CONTENTS IN DIFFERENT ORGANS OF CUCUMBER SEEDLINGS (H. Tong, S.R. Guo, Z.X. Zhang , J. Sun ) EFFECT OF 1-MCP, NAA AND IBA ON FRUIT RETENTION OF GHERKIN (CUCUMIS SATIVUS 'ANGURIA') UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS (A.P.S. Rupasinghe , R.M. Gunarathna Banda, N.A.A.K. Wickramasinghe, W.A.P. Weerakkody, D.M.D. Dissanayake)