Fatemeh Sheibani, a PhD candidate in horticulture and landscape architecture, examines lettuce plants in a controlled environment chamber using LED lighting. Sheibani’s research focuses on finding the best strategy for using LEDs in vertical farming that will maximize crop yield and decrease production costs associated with lighting.
(Purdue Agricultural Communications photo/Jessica Kerkoff)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers have designed two simple LED lighting strategies to increase yield and reduce energy costs for the vertical farming…
