The following 19 lectures are from the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) Greenhouse Plant Physiology and Technology course, a non-credit 9-week course offered between 2012 and 2016 (Instructor: Dr. Chieri Kubota).
The course provides students with foundational knowledge about major greenhouse environmental factors that affect plant growth and development. Its content is comparable to an advanced college-level course.
Through this course, students will explore interactions between plants and their microenvironments, including light penetration and CO2/H2O diffusion. Students will learn energy and mass balance of leaves, canopy, and greenhouse systems, and correlate these phenomena with plant productivity and related plant physiological mechanisms. Additionally, students will learn key micrometeorological principles.
The lectures cover technologies and practices used in controlled environments, focusing on plant production in greenhouses and high tunnels.
Week 1: Introduction
Introduction
Week 2: Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions
Light Intensity & Quality
📺 Week 2-1: Light Intensity and Quality 1
📺 Week 2-2: Light Intensity and Quality 2
Week 3
Photoperiod & CO2 - Gaseous Environment
Week 4
Wind (Air Movement) & Temperature
Week 5a
Water Vapor
Week 5b: Canopy & Aerial Microclimates
Leaf and Canopy Energy Balance
Week 6: Canopy Growth & Light Environment
Light and CO2 Distribution & Scaling Up Leaf to Canopy Level
📺 Week 6-1: Canopy Environment 1
📺 Week 6-2: Canopy Environment 2
Week 7: Root Zone Environment
Plant Nutrients, Irrigation & Substrates
Week 8: Plant Water Relation
Plant Physiology, Water Relation & Sink-Source Relationship
📺 Week 8-3: Sink Source 2 (Cont.)
Week 9: Greenhouse Environment
Light Transmission in Greenhouse & Energy and Mass (CO2 and Water) Balance of Greenhouse