III International Symposium on Models for Plant Growth, Environmental Control and Farm Management in Protected Cultivation (HortiModel 2006)

DEVELOPING, PARAMETERIZING, AND TESTING OF DYNAMIC CROP GROWTH MODELS FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS

A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL FOR SIMULATING STEM DIAMETER FLUCTUATIONS AND RADIAL STEM GROWTH

THE CONVEYOR BELT MODEL FOR FRUIT BEARING VEGETABLES: APPLICATION TO SWEET PEPPER YIELD OSCILLATIONS

3D ARCHITECTURAL MODELLING OF GREENHOUSE CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS SATIVUS L.) USING L-SYSTEMS

A FUNCTIONAL-STRUCTURAL MODEL OF CHRYSANTHEMUM FOR PREDICTION OF ORNAMENTAL QUALITY

3D ORCHARD CANOPY ARCHITECTURAL MODELLING FOR USE IN AIRFLOW AND DRIFT PREDICTIONS

A METHOD TO ANALYSE THE RADIATION TRANSFER WITHIN A GREENHOUSE CUCUMBER CANOPY (CUCUMIS SATIVUS L.)

A SIMPLE MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND YIELD OF THREE GREENHOUSE CROPS

NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF ROSE GROWTH

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF CAPSICUM ANNUUM FRUIT PRODUCTION CULTIVATED IN GREENHOUSE

A SIMPLE PHENOLOGICAL AND POTENTIAL PRODUCTION MODEL FOR CAPE GOOSEBERRY (PHYSALIS PERUVIANA L.)

PREDICTING STEM LENGTH OF CUT FLOWER ROSES AT HARVEST USING STEM ELONGATION RATES IN RELATIONSHIP TO DEVELOPMENTAL EVENTS

MODELLING DRY MATTER PRODUCTION AND PARTITIONING IN SWEET PEPPER

BUILDING VIRTUAL CHRYSANTHEMUM BASED ON SINK-SOURCE RELATIONSHIPS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

UNCERTAINTY OF PREDICTED GREENHOUSE TOMATO PRODUCTION: MECHANISTIC VERSUS STOCHASTIC MODELS?

A ´BIG LEAF, BIG FRUIT, BIG SUBSTRATE´ MODEL FOR EXPERIMENTS ON RECEDING HORIZON OPTIMAL CONTROL OF NUTRIENT SUPPLY TO GREENHOUSE TOMATO

MODEL GUIDED CALIBRATION: NITROGEN IN CAULIFLOWER

OPERATIONAL OPTIMIZATION OF ORGANIC FERTILIZER APPLICATION IN GREENHOUSE CROPS

MODELS AND SENSORS IN GREENHOUSE CONTROL

CROP MONITORING BY MEANS OF AN ON-LINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

MODEL APPLICATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT GREENHOUSES IN THE NETHERLANDS: GREENHOUSE DESIGN, OPERATIONAL CONTROL AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS

ENERGY SAVING IN GREENHOUSES: OPTIMAL USE OF CLIMATE CONDITIONS AND CROP MANAGEMENT

EVALUATIONS OF ENERGY PERFORMANCE FOR GREENHOUSES BASED ON MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY

MULTIPLE-DAY TEMPERATURE SETTINGS ON THE BASIS OF THE ASSIMILATE BALANCE: A SIMULATION STUDY

SOFTWARE FOR CALCULATING THE EFFECT OF ENERGY SAVING INVESTMENTS ON GREENHOUSES

ON-LINE ESTIMATION OF THE VENTILATION RATE OF GREENHOUSES:

MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF THE CLIMATE INSIDE A GLASSHOUSE DURING DAYTIME INCLUDING RADIATIVE AND CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFERS

ROLES AND PROSPECTS OF MODELS IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE SOLAR GREENHOUSE CROP AND CLIMATE MANAGEMENT

GREENHOUSE HEATING AND DETERMINATION OF NOCTURNAL HEAT LOSS

MICROCLIMATE AND TRANSPIRATION OF GREENHOUSE ROSE CROPS: MEASUREMENTS AND SIMULATION

INFLUENCE OF POLYETHYLENE MULCH ON NIGHT MICROCLIMATE, DEW POINT AND PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS INFECTION IN NON-HEATED TOMATO GREENHOUSES IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL

THE INFLUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS ON RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCES OF AGRICULTURAL NETS

FOURIER EXPANSION OF THE TRANSMITIVITY COEFFICIENT

SOIL TEMPERATURES AFFECTED BY DIFFERENT SOLARIZATION PRACTICES

DISPERSION OF PESTICIDES FROM A NATURALLY VENTILATED GREENHOUSE: A CFD APPROACH

SIMULATING SEASONAL PATTERNS OF INCREASED GREENHOUSE CROP PRODUCTION BY CONVERSION OF DIRECT RADIATION INTO DIFFUSE RADIATION

A MODEL FOR THE CLIMATE OF AN INNOVATIVE CLOSED GREENHOUSE FOR MODEL BASED CONTROL

DYNAMIC MODELING OF MICROCLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL STRATEGIES IN A GREENHOUSE COUPLED WITH A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM

SIMULATED PERFORMANCES OF A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM FOR ENERGY AND WATER CONSERVATION IN OPEN AND CONFINED GREENHOUSE SYSTEMS

VENTILATION OF SMALL MULTISPAN GREENHOUSE IN RELATION TO THE WINDOW OPENINGS CALCULATED WITH CFD

A MODEL-BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR TEMPERATURE SET POINT OPTIMISATION FOR GREENHOUSE HEATING UNDER SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE CONDITIONS

TOWARD AN OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGY FOR SWEET PEPPER CULTIVATION - 1. A DYNAMIC CROP MODEL

CLOSYS: CLOSED SYSTEM FOR WATER AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN HORTICULTURE

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN AUTOMATED PROTOTYPE FOR THE FERTIGATION MANAGEMENT IN A CLOSED SYSTEM

TOWARD AN OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGY FOR SWEET PEPPER CULTIVATION - 2. OPTIMIZATION OF THE YIELD PATTERN AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

THE ADAPTIVE GREENHOUSE - AN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS APPROACH TO DEVELOPING PROTECTED CULTIVATION SYSTEMS

A THRIPS PEST PRESSURE MODEL FOR GREENHOUSE CLIMATE CONTROL

EVALUATION OF ENERGY USE AND SOME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FOR GREENHOUSE TOMATO PRODUCTION IN THE HIGH ALTITUDE TROPICS

SIMPLIFIED MODELS FOR THE WATER RELATIONS OF SOILLESS CULTURES: WHAT THEY DO OR SUGGEST FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER USE IN INTENSIVE HORTICULTURE

A MODEL DESCRIBING ROOT GROWTH AND WATER, N AND CL UPTAKE IN CLOSED LOOP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF CYCLICAL PLANT GROWTH AND NUTRIENT STORAGE ON N, P, AND K ABSORPTION BY HYDROPONICALLY GROWN CUT FLOWER ROSES

EXPLORING A MODEL RELATING THE ACCUMULATION OF NACL WITH THE WATER CONSUMPTION IN CLOSED HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS

MODELING LIME REACTION IN PEAT-BASED SUBSTRATES

MODELING THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENT SOLUTION COMPOSITION AND IRRADIANCE ON ACCUMULATION OF NITRATE IN HYDROPONIC LETTUCE

USE OF BIOSTIMULANTS FOR REDUCING NUTRIENT SOLUTION CONCENTRATION IN FLOATING SYSTEM

BOTH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND SODIUM ABSORPTION RATIO OF THE FERTIGATION SOLUTION AFFECT YIELD AND QUALITY OF SOILLESS MELON CROPS

CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM AND POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS PREDICTION IN A RECIRCULATED NUTRIENT SOLUTION OF A GREENHOUSE SOILLESS ROSE CROP

PHYSICAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF FOUR SUBSTRATES USED IN THE CUT-FLOWER INDUSTRY IN COLOMBIA

SOILLESS CULTIVATION OF MOTHER PLANTS OF EUPHORBIA X LOMI HYBRIDS ON DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES

SOILLESS CULTIVATION OF SAFFRON IN MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT

NUTRIENTS INFLUENCE ON READY TO EAT SWEET BASIL QUALITY

EVALUATION OF THE ´FERTIGATION MODEL´, A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR WATER AND NUTRIENT SUPPLY FOR SOIL GROWN GREENHOUSE CROPS

MEASURING AND PREDICTING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN A BANANA SCREENHOUSE

TRANSPIRATION OF GLASSHOUSE ROSE CROPS: EVALUATION OF REGRESSION MODELS

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF FLOWERING: QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF PHOTO-THERMAL ENVIRONMENT

COMPUTATION OF MECHANICAL STRESS IN MELON (CUCUMIS MELO L.) HYPOCOTYLS DURING TRANSPLANT PRECONDITIONING BY BRUSHING

THE EFFECT OF ANTITRANSPIRANT ON GROWTH AND WATER UPTAKE OF SWEET PEPPER PLANTS: EXPERIMENTS AND EMPIRICAL MODELLING

MODELING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOMATO FRUIT GROWTH AND THE EFFECTIVE ACCUMULATED TEMPERATURE IN SOLAR GREENHOUSE

PREDICTING LEAF AREA OF THREE GREENHOUSE CROPS USING PAR AND TEMPERATURE

ENERGY SCREENS IN TOMATO: DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL OPENING STRATEGY

GROWTH RATES OF ROSE CV. ´CHARLOTTE´ IN BOTH SOIL AND SOILLESS CROP SYSTEMS IN THE BOGOTÁ PLATEAU, COLOMBIA

GROWTH ANALYSIS ON ROSE FLOWERING STEM CV. ´CHARLOTTE´ IN BOTH SOIL AND SUBSTRATE CULTIVATION SYSTEMS

GROWTH ANALYSIS OF STANDARD CARNATION CV. ´NELSON´ IN DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES

ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS OF FRUIT QUALITY: A CHALLENGE FOR PEACH AND TOMATO

A CONCEPT OF A COMPONENT BASED SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE POT-PLANT KEEPING QUALITY

IMPROVING PRODUCT QUALITY AND TIMING OF KALANCHOE: MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION

PREHARVEST-POSTHARVEST INTERACTIONS - THE CASE OF TRANSLUCENCY AND COLOUR IN TOMATOES

EFFECT OF SEA WATER IRRIGATION ON ANTIOXIDANT POWER DURING TOMATO BERRIES RIPENING

APPLICATION OF MIXTURE THEORY FOR OPTIMIZING THE MINERAL NUTRITION IN SOILLESS-GROWN TOMATO