RT @FrontPlantSci: 🌱 Calling researchers in Controlled Environment Agriculture! 📢. 🌞Register for our new Research Topic edited by Xiuming H….

Congratulations to Malleshaiah SharathKumar who successfully defended his PhD thesis ' To bloom or not to bloom: The effect of photoperiod is spectrum dependent'. Thanks to the co-supervisors: Ep Heuvelink and Wim van Ieperen and thanks to the opponents…

Acta Horticulturae with the papers of the Vertical farming symposium at the IHC2022 in Angers has been published finally! Thanks to all authors and in particular a big thank to my co-editor Eri Hayashi .#verticalfarming #controlled…

We will be organising our Vertical Farming course again

100 years Horticulture at Wageningen University. Do you remember your study time at Wageningen? Would you like to meet your former classmates?.This year we are excited to celebrate our 100th anniversary of Horticulture at Wageningen University. On 20 Octo…

Last week was amazing with three of our PhD candidates defending their PhD theses successfully: .(1)   Yuqi Zhang: Dynamic photosynthesis and its mechanisms in response to salt stress.(2)  Ana Cristina Zepeda Cabrera: Plants as a battery: Exploring Crop F…

Happy to share that the journal Current Biology (Cell Press) which is a journal on all areas of biology (impact factor 10.9 !) gave us the opportunity to write a short 'Quick Guide' on vertical farming. .Yongran Ji Paul Kusuma…

Just published: a study where we explore whether it could be possible to use lamps to heat the greenhouse without using a heating system. The paper proposes some avenues for improving the energy efficiency of heating by light. The paper has been published…

we are hiring an assistant professor Photosynthesis in controlled environment agriculture. In this tenure track position you are going to improve the growth of plants based on a fundamental understanding of photosynthesis and related plant processes. …

RT @SilvereVialet: We are looking for a new assistant professor to join our group. If you are interested👇. https://t….

RT @steven3ver: Registration is now open!.This is a wonderful workshop for ECR to learn techniques in the field of environmental and plant….

W e have an exciting position for Assistant Professor Modelling plant organ growth in controlled environment agriculture (Tenure Track).Do you want to develop novel models that simulate plant organ growth, and that will be used for the sustainable product…

Just published : 'Resources for plant-based food: Estimating resource use to meet the requirements of urban and peri-urban diets'. This paper is published in the Wiley journal ‘Food and Energy security'. Congrats to first author…

This year we largely expanded our facilities for vertical farming. This week the last two  of a series of five climate cells were  installed by Green Simplicity. Earlier this year a large vertical farm was delivered by Certhon while another vertical farm…

we have an exciting vacancy for a postdoc studying root-shoot interactions in plants

RT @VezyRemi: The new forum for plant modellers is up ! Here's the link if you're interested : The aim is to have….

RT @insilicoplants: ☀️🍅 If simple models work well when do we need FSPM? *canopy lighting and microclimate* @LeoMarcelis at @fspm2023 https….

Today we launched a new series of the online ISHS Talks on Vertical Farming . After the successful first series of ISHS Talks on Vertical Farming in 2021, the first episode of the second series was released online on 28 February 2023. Subsequently, each…

I'm happy to have the opportunity to speak at AeroFarms 2nd Annual AgTech Innovation Summit on 16 February alongside leaders advancing the vertical farming industry. I will be in Abud Dhabi together with my colleague Yongran Ji

Today, Yutaka Tsutsumi defended successfully her PhD thesis entitled "Breeding for higher yield in tomato by yield dissection and quantitative trait loci for yield components" . Congratulations to Yutaka. Yutaka Tsutsumi Ep Heuvelink Fred van Eeuwijk G…