Meetings Posts

Shuyang Zhen, Michael Martin and Marc van Iersel attend LightSym 2016

May 27, 2016

The 8th international symposium on lighting (LightSym 2016) was held from may 22-26 in East Lansing, MI. The horticultural physiological lab was well represented at the symposium. Shuyang Zhen presented her work on the importance of far-red light on the efficiency of light use in photosynthesis. Her work has shown…
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HortPhys lab publishes paper on biofeedback control of photosynthesis, using chlorophyll fluorescence

Mar 31, 2016

For the past two years we have been working hard on realizing an idea we had almost 10 years ago: Can we control photosynthesis of plants by measuring how quickly they photosynthesize and then adjust the light level in order to reach a specific rate. Turns out that the answer…
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Horticultural Physiology

Optimizing production practices for controlled environment agriculture.

Shuyang Zhen, Michael Martin and Marc van Iersel attend LightSym 2016

HortPhys lab publishes paper on biofeedback control of photosynthesis, using chlorophyll fluorescence