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VIII International Symposium on Light in Horticulture

East Lansing, Michigan (United States of America), 22-26 May 2016

The second announcement is now available on the symposium website!
The deadline for oral and poster abstract submissions is 15 May 2015

For more details, please go to http://www.ishs.org/symposium/453

Invited oral presentations include:

  • Toward an optimal spectral quality for plant growth and development by Bruce Bugbee, Utah State Univ., USA
  • Plant growth control by light spectrum: Fact or fiction? by Wim van Ieperen, Wageningen Univ., the Netherlands
  • UV LEDs in horticulture: from biology to application by Jason Wargent, Massey Univ., New Zealand
  • Controlling plant growth, development and metabolism with commands from the electronic canopy by Kevin Folta, Univ. of Florida, USA

This symposium will cover a broad spectrum of the science and application of lighting of horticultural crops, including (but not limited to):

  • Electrical lighting technologies including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), high-pressure sodium lamps, plasma, induction lighting, etc.
  • Manipulation of sunlight through the use of coverings or glazing technologies
  • Plant photosynthesis, photoperiodism, and photomorphogenesis
  • The interaction of light with hormones, plant signaling, and other environmental parameters on plant growth and development of horticultural crops
  • The commercial production of food and ornamental crops using sole-source or supplemental lighting
  • Measurement, efficiency, spectral distribution, and economics of lighting
  • Lighting in greenhouses, growth chambers, plant factories, and vertical farms
  • Impacts and interactions of light on pests and diseases
  • Physiological responses of horticultural crops to lighting
  • Lighting for specialized applications such as plant-made pharmaceuticals and vaccines, and foods with enhanced human health benefits
  • Opportunities and constraints with future lighting technologies

Rachel Wakefield

Communications Executive and Associate Editor
United Kingdom

rachel.wakefield@aiph.org