Acronym
SmartKas
Code
179V9108
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 December 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- General biology
- Plant biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production
- Horticultural production
Keywords
conditioned greenhouse
closed greenhouse
stem diameter changes
tomato
production
mechanistic model
energy
water status
modelling
stress detection
plant sensors
sap flow
Project description
Growing tomatoes in ‘conditioned greenhouses’ reduces energy costs, but also creates new climatic conditions. In the SmartKas project the reaction of tomato plants on the changing microclimate is monitored with plant sensors. These data are coupled via a mechanistic and integrated plant model to obtain insights in the overall plant reaction and to detect sub-optimal conditions for production.