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Water cultivation in foil greenhouse extends season by two months, production more than 50% higher Tuinderij Luijkx and Luijkx Groenteteelt from Breda (NL) are taking a step forward in sustainable entrepreneurship and growth. In the spring of 2022, the outdoor businesses of Joost Luijkx and his parents will put a 3,000 m2 Rovero arched greenhouse into operation. "It is ...
ByRovero
On Friday, April 27, 2018 the representatives of the Member States of the European Union decided to ban these three insecticides deemed dangerous for bees on all outdoor crops. This time, this moratorium was not also prolonged, but also being generalized to all field crops, leaving only greenhouse use being permitted. ...
Sometimes being strategic with crop selection isn’t enough. Brooklyn Grange, a for-profit farm atop two roofs in New York City, grows more than 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of tomatoes, kale, lettuce, carrots, radishes and beans, among other crops, each year. ...
ByEnsia
Agriculture minimum temperature Prediction of minimum temperature and frost damage is a common method and important application in the field of agriculture like outdoors crop growth. In particular those areas where vegetation can be exposed to low temperatures, frost can be disastrous for young vegetation or fruits.When the IR net radiation can be measured with ...
One common toxic effect of copper on plants is a decrease of crop yield. Here, we studied 1) the crop yield of maize grown on plots of a soil intentionally enriched with copper sulphate and 2) the possible relationship between the copper concentration in chemical soil fractions and the maize crop yield. ...