PhD eksamen for Jakob Markvart : 7. september 2010 - 7. september 2010 (Lecture Hall 8-02, Højbakkegårds Allé 17, 2630 Tåstrup)

Ph.D. Defendant:

Cand. Hort. Jakob Markvart

 

Time and Place:

Tuesday 7 September 2010 at 13:00 p.m. in Lecture Hall 8-02, Højbakkegårds Allé 17, 2630 Tåstrup

 

Subject Area:

Horticulture Sciences

 

Title of PhD Thesis:

Light and Canopy Photosynthesis in Controlled Environments – and Intelligent Greenhouse Climate Control

 

Title of Lecture:

Light and Canopy Photosynthesis in Controlled Environments – and Intelligent Greenhouse Climate Control

 

Summary:

Optimization of natural and supplemental light for plant growth was aimed as a part of further developing the greenhouse climate control system IntelliGrow. The main findings and conclusions about:

Ø When to apply light

Ø The effect of light diffuseness, and

Ø The right measure of light for canopy

Ø Photosynthesis will be presented.

The results are important for plant growth studies and measurements of light for plant growth in future.

 

Principal Supervisor:

Associate Professor Eva Rosenqvist, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen

 

Project Supervisor:

Site-Manager Jesper M. Aaslyng, AgroTech A/S, Institute for Agri Technology and Food Innovation, Denmark

 

Co-Supervisor:

Senior Scientist Carl-Otto Ottosen, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

 

Associate Professor Bo Nørregård Jørgensen, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

 

Assessment Committee:

Professor Brian Grout, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (chairman)

 

Professor Leo Marcelis, Team Leader, Crop Management, Physiology and Modelling, Wageningen University and Chair, Crop Production in Low-energy Greenhouses, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

 

Scientific Researcher Peter Lootens, Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research, ILVO, Plant Unit Growth and Development, Belgium