Advances in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Will be published approx. on 20. October 2026
Book
Hardback
500 pages
978-1-83545-146-5 (ISBN)
Description
With concerns about the impact of global warming in increasing the risk and unpredictability of adverse weather conditions, there is growing interest in various types of controlled environment agriculture (CEA), from the relatively simple screen and net houses designed to create more favourable microclimates for crops to hermetic plant factories with fully-controlled environments.
Advances in controlled environment agriculture provides a detailed review of current research on different CEA systems, including those that rely on simple passive climate control strategies, to approaches that support a high level of technical control. The book also considers ways of optimising resource use, including energy, light, water nutrients and substrates, as well as implementation strategies for rural, peri-urban and urban applications.
The book builds on a successful range of earlier volumes published by Burleigh Dodds Science: Achieving sustainable greenhouse cultivation (2019), Advances in horticultural soilless culture (2020) and Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor vertical farming (2023).
Advances in controlled environment agriculture provides a detailed review of current research on different CEA systems, including those that rely on simple passive climate control strategies, to approaches that support a high level of technical control. The book also considers ways of optimising resource use, including energy, light, water nutrients and substrates, as well as implementation strategies for rural, peri-urban and urban applications.
The book builds on a successful range of earlier volumes published by Burleigh Dodds Science: Achieving sustainable greenhouse cultivation (2019), Advances in horticultural soilless culture (2020) and Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor vertical farming (2023).
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
University and other researchers in horticultural science, agricultural engineers specialising in the construction of controlled environment agriculture systems, as well as government and private sector agencies supporting agricultural innovation and sustainable crop production.
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
Color tables, photos and figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83545-146-5 (9781835451465)
DOI
10.19103/AS.2025.0164
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Persons
Dr Oliver Koerner is a Senior Scientist and Head of the Department of Next-Generation Horticultural Systems (HORTSYS) at the world-renowned Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany. He leads the HORTSYS 2 Research Group and is Acting Head of the PA HORTSYS Research Group. Dr Koerner is internationally known for his expertise in the controlled environment cultivation of horticultural crops, particularly modelling plant-environment interactions in protected cultivation.
Dr Gundula Proksch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture within the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington, USA, where she is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture. She is Founding Director of the Circular City + Living Systems Lab (CSSL), an interdisciplinary group applying circular economy principles to building and city design. Professor Proksch is Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation-funded CITIFOODS Project which is investigating the broader development of aquaponic systems in urban environments.
Dr Gundula Proksch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture within the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington, USA, where she is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture. She is Founding Director of the Circular City + Living Systems Lab (CSSL), an interdisciplinary group applying circular economy principles to building and city design. Professor Proksch is Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation-funded CITIFOODS Project which is investigating the broader development of aquaponic systems in urban environments.
Editor
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
University of Washington
Contributions
Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu National Agricultural Science and Technology Center (China)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
University of Guelph
Agricultural University of Athens
Cornell University
Content
Part 1 Controlled environment agriculture systems
1.History and development of controlled environment agriculture: Miguel R. C. Costa, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal;
2.Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and the energy transition: the role of CEA in the road to net zero and energy self-sufficiency: George Xydis, Aarhus University, Denmark;
3.Advances in climate-controlled greenhouses: Oliver Koerner, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Germany;
4.Advances in urban rooftop greenhouses: Gundula Proksch, University of Washington, USA;
5.Advances in passive lean-to greenhouses: Qichang Yang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China;
Part 2 Climate control and automation
6.Climate control systems in controlled environment agriculture: J. B. Campen, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands;
7.Optimising climate control in controlled environment agriculture: Xiuming Hao, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;
8.Managing plant canopy and root system environments in next-generation PFALs: Toyoki Kozai, Chiba University, Japan;
9.Modelling and automation to optimise controlled environment agricultural production: Stefan Streif, University of Chemnitz, Germany;
10.Advances in robotics and automated production and harvesting systems in controlled environment agriculture: Manuel Munoz Rodriguez, University of Almeria, Spain;
Part 3 Light management
11.Use of supplemental lighting in greenhouses: K. J. Bergstrand, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden;
12.Use of LED lighting in indoor farms: Youbin Zheng, Univeristy of Guelph, Canada;
13.Lighting simulations in greenhouses: Mehlika Inanici, University of Washington, USA;
Part 4 Water, nutrients, substrates and operation
14.Optimising plant nutrition in controlled environmental agriculture: Neil Mattson, Cornell University, USA;
15.Advances in hydroponic systems: Dimitrios Savvas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;
16.Advances in aquaponic systems: Sara Pinho, University of Melbourne, Australia;
Part 5 Environmental assessment
17.Life cycle analysis of controlled environmental agricultural systems: Thomas Bartzanas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;
18.Round-up: decision support systems (DSS) for controlled environment agriculture: Oliver Koerner, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Germany;
1.History and development of controlled environment agriculture: Miguel R. C. Costa, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal;
2.Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and the energy transition: the role of CEA in the road to net zero and energy self-sufficiency: George Xydis, Aarhus University, Denmark;
3.Advances in climate-controlled greenhouses: Oliver Koerner, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Germany;
4.Advances in urban rooftop greenhouses: Gundula Proksch, University of Washington, USA;
5.Advances in passive lean-to greenhouses: Qichang Yang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China;
Part 2 Climate control and automation
6.Climate control systems in controlled environment agriculture: J. B. Campen, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands;
7.Optimising climate control in controlled environment agriculture: Xiuming Hao, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;
8.Managing plant canopy and root system environments in next-generation PFALs: Toyoki Kozai, Chiba University, Japan;
9.Modelling and automation to optimise controlled environment agricultural production: Stefan Streif, University of Chemnitz, Germany;
10.Advances in robotics and automated production and harvesting systems in controlled environment agriculture: Manuel Munoz Rodriguez, University of Almeria, Spain;
Part 3 Light management
11.Use of supplemental lighting in greenhouses: K. J. Bergstrand, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden;
12.Use of LED lighting in indoor farms: Youbin Zheng, Univeristy of Guelph, Canada;
13.Lighting simulations in greenhouses: Mehlika Inanici, University of Washington, USA;
Part 4 Water, nutrients, substrates and operation
14.Optimising plant nutrition in controlled environmental agriculture: Neil Mattson, Cornell University, USA;
15.Advances in hydroponic systems: Dimitrios Savvas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;
16.Advances in aquaponic systems: Sara Pinho, University of Melbourne, Australia;
Part 5 Environmental assessment
17.Life cycle analysis of controlled environmental agricultural systems: Thomas Bartzanas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;
18.Round-up: decision support systems (DSS) for controlled environment agriculture: Oliver Koerner, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Germany;