Transplant Production in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Transplant Production in Closed System for Solving the Global Issues on Environmental Conservation, Food, Resources and Energy

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Necessity and Concept of the Closed Transplant Production System....Pages 3-19
Closed Transplant Production System at Chiba University....Pages 20-27
Electric Energy, Water and Carbon Dioxide Utilization Efficiencies of a Closed-Type Transplant Production System....Pages 28-32
Microprecision Irrigation System for Transplant Production....Pages 33-37
Design Concepts of Computerized Support Systems for Large-Scale Transplant Production....Pages 38-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Modeling and Simulation in Transplant Production under Controlled Environment....Pages 47-52
Object-Oriented Analysis and Modeling of Closed Plant Production Systems....Pages 53-58
Estimating Cuticle Resistance of Seedling Shoot Tips Based on the Penman-Monteith Model....Pages 59-62
Measurement of pH in Guard Cells Using a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope....Pages 63-66
Does Electrolyzed-Reduced Water Protect Plants from Photoinhibition?....Pages 67-71
Environmental Control for Improved Plant Quality Within Controlled Environment Plant Production Systems....Pages 72-77
Environmental Engineering for Transplant Production....Pages 78-82
Effects of Air Current on Transpiration and Net Photosynthetic Rates of Plants in a Closed Plant Production System....Pages 83-90
Effects of Air Temperature, Relative Humidity and Photosynthetic Photon Flux on the Evapotranspiration Rate of Grafted Seedlings Under Artificial Lighting....Pages 91-97
Growth of Tomato ( lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Plug Transplants in a Closed System at Relatively High Air Current Speeds — a Preliminary Study....Pages 98-101
Advances and Current Limitations of Plug Transplant Technology in Korea....Pages 102-107
A Review on Artificial Lighting of Tissue Cultures and Transplants....Pages 108-113
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) as a Radiation Source for Micropropagation of Strawberry....Pages 114-118
Application of Red Laser Diode as a Light Source for Plant Production....Pages 119-124
Effective Vegetable Transplant Production Programs for Closed-Type Systems Under Different Lighting Regimes....Pages 125-130
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Photoautotrophic Micropropagation in a Natural Light Environment....Pages 131-136
Production of Value-Added Transplants in Closed Systems with Artificial Lighting....Pages 137-144
High Quality Plug-Transplants Produced in a Closed System Enables Pot-Transplant Production of Pansy in the Summer....Pages 145-148
Yield and Growth of Sweetpotato Using Plug Transplants as Affected by Their Ages and Planting Depths....Pages 149-153
Yield and Growth of Sweetpotato Using Plug Transplants as Affected by Cell Volume of Plug Tray and Type of Cutting....Pages 154-159
Production of Medicinal Plant Species in Sterile, Controlled Environments....Pages 160-165
Effect of Air Temperature on Tipburn Incidence of Butterhead and Leaf Lettuce in a Plant Factory....Pages 166-171
Evaluation of Lettuce Cultivars Suitable for Closed Plant Production System....Pages 172-177
Root Growth Subsequent to Transplanting in Plug-Grown Cabbage Seedlings....Pages 178-182
Effective Storage Conditions for Subsequent Growth Enhancement of Ficus Carica L. Cuttings....Pages 183-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Characterization of Transformed Poplar Formed by the Inhibition of Peroxidase....Pages 191-196
Micropropagation of Canadian Spruces ( Picea SPP)....Pages 197-204
In Vitro Culture of Japanese Black Pine ( Pinus Thunbergii )....Pages 205-208
Control of The Development of Somatic Embryo of Japanese Conifers By The Density of Embryogenic Cells in Liquid Culture....Pages 209-214
A Preliminary Experiment on Photoautotrophic Micro-Propagation of Rhododendron ....Pages 215-218
Mass Clonal Propagation of Artocarpus Heterophyllus Through in Vitro Culture....Pages 219-225
Photoautotrophic Growth of Pleioblastus Pygmaea Plantlets in Vitro and Ex Vitro As Affected By Types of Supporting Material In Vitro ....Pages 226-230
Evolution of Culture Vessel for Micropropagation: From Test Tube To Culture Room....Pages 231-237
Physiology of in Vitro Plantlets Grown Photoauto-Trophically....Pages 238-245
Enhanced Growth of in Vitro Plants In Photoautotrophic Micropropagation With Natural and Forced Ventilation Systems....Pages 246-251
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Micropropagation of Ornamental Plants Using Bioreactor System....Pages 252-257
Effects of Medium Sugar on Growth and Carbohydrate Status of Sweetpotato and Tomato Plantlets in Vitro....Pages 258-265
Practical Sugar-Free Micropropagation System Using Large Vessels with Forced Ventilation....Pages 266-273
Growth and Acclimatization of Chrysanthemum Plantlets Using Bioreactor and Hydroponic Culture Techniques....Pages 274-278
Mass Propagation of Pineapple through in Vitro Culture....Pages 279-283
Microbial Contamination under Photoautotrophic Culture System....Pages 284-288
Back Matter....Pages 289-290