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The latest issue of the industry magazine SeedWorld discusses our collaborative work with PhytoSynthetix. Fun stuff! https://seedworld.com/smart-lights-communicate-with-plants/
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LED lights are quickly gaining popularity in greenhouses. LED lights have many advantages over more traditional HPS lights, including energy efficiency and the availability of lights with various spectra. One important property of LEDs lights that the horticulture industry has not yet taken advantage of is that the light output from LED lights can easily,…
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The research of former MS student Alex Litvin was published in the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Alex, under the guidance of Drs. Anish Malladi and Marc van Iersel, studied the effect of drought stress on gibberellin-related gene expression and elongation of tomato. You can download a PDF of the manuscript from…
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Our work on the importance of far-red light for efficient photochemistry will soon be published in the Journal of Plant Physiology. PhD student Shuyang Zhen, who headed up the project, found that plants use red and blue or warm white light more efficiently when far-red light is added. Red and blue or warm white light…
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The horticultural physiology lab has collaborated with Phytosynthetix, an Athens, GA-based lighting company, for several years. Part of our joint work was supported by the Georgia Centers of Innovations. They just posted a blog about our joint work on LED lighting. You can read about it here: https://www.georgia.org/2016/12/07/phytosynthetix-takes-guess-work-greenhouse/
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David Gianino is set to receive his MS degree from the department of Horticulture at University of Georgia. He has successfully completed and defended his thesis titled ‘ENDOREDUPLICATION AND ITS EFFECT ON FRUIT SIZE IN TOMATO AS AFFECTED BY DROUGHT STRESS ‘ David was co-advised by Drs. Anish Malladi and Marc van Iersel. His work focused on…
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The 61st Annual Southern Nursery Association Research Conference was held in Athens, GA on August 30 and 31. The highlight of the first day was the annual student competition, with separate competitions for BS, MS, and PhD students. The Horticultural Physiology Lab was well represented in the competition, with David Gianino in the MS division,…
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