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…lnkd.in/eGTwXXyv

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 lnkd.in/eUfz6kWy

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…lnkd.in/eHzRxYJX

☀️🍅 If simple models work well when do we need FSPM? *canopy lighting and microclimate* Leo Marcelis at FSPM2023

The new forum for plant modellers is up ! Here's the link if you're interested : fspm.discourse.group The aim is to have a place of discussion with the community. Please share ! And special thanks to Michele Butturini for setting this up.

we have an exciting vacancy for a postdoc studying root-shoot interactions in plants lnkd.in/eBEpMi8A

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…lnkd.in/egZ7ZhB9

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'. lnkd.in/eYyZ5bDD Congrats to first author…lnkd.in/efy5Trwn

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…lnkd.in/efW6NC8r

We are looking for a new assistant professor to join our group. If you are interested👇 wur.nl/nl/vacature/as…

Registration is now open! This is a wonderful workshop for ECR to learn techniques in the field of environmental and plant physiology, from experts such as Steve Long Tracy Lawson @CBernacchi Andrew Leakey Kathy Lawren Sack Lab Gary Lanigan Caitlin Moore and others!

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. …lnkd.in/eDypY8Ni

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…lnkd.in/eDdF8_Ve

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. lnkd.in/eRaFYYMd Yongran Ji Paul Kusuma…lnkd.in/e8fDt2y7

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…lnkd.in/eRZe54-m

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…lnkd.in/eGwVrEcw

We will be organising our Vertical Farming course again lnkd.in/eREUuYJj

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 lnkd.in/e9jFcPqU #verticalfarming #controlled…lnkd.in/efrNFkhN

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…lnkd.in/eCrzBRAk

🌱 Calling researchers in Controlled Environment Agriculture! 📢 🌞Register for our new Research Topic edited by Xiuming Hao, Leo Marcelis (Leo Marcelis), and Viktorija Vastakaite-Kairiene (Viktorija Vastakaite Kairiene). Coordinator: Jason Lanoue (Jason Lanoue) #CEA 🔗: fro.ntiers.in/Light-in-CEA