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TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY AS PHYSICAL LIMITING FACTORS FOR CONTROLLED AGRICULTURE

Article number
893_50
Pages
503 – 507
Language
English
Abstract
Each region has its own environmental pattern depicted by means of temperature (T) and humidity (H); in consequence, each crop responds to this environmental pattern with maximum potential regarding to optimal environmental conditions.
This paper begs the problem for matching the physical weather conditions with the biological characteristics of the crops.
This problem opens when different and complementary plans exist regarding the feasibility of appropriate physical actions to supply the best environment for plant production inside a desirable target region.
This management is carried out by using a theoretical comfort zone as a function of crop and environmental variables.
The limiting factors for each variable were used in order to calculate the six independent parameters of the quadratic form corresponding to the comfort zone.
By comparing the environmental conditions and the comfort region four different actions can be suggested: heating or cooling for temperature, and humidification or condensation for humidity.
Moreover, temperature and humidity comfort zone can also be reduced into one single variable called vapor pressure deficit (VPD) where the limits span from 0.5 to 1.5 kPa.
Finally, the results of two different locations are presented.

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Authors
A. Rojano Aguilar, R. Salazar Moreno, I. López, W. Ojeda, U. Schmidt, C. Huber
Keywords
condensation, greenhouse, heating, humidification, vapor pressure deficit, ventilation
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