Evaluation of the Nicolet Model for Simulation of Short-term Hydroponic Lettuce Growth and Nitrate Uptake

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-337

  Mathieu, Jennifer ^a   Linker, Raphael ^b   Levine, Lanfang ^c   Albright, Louis ^d   Both, A J ^e   Spanswick, Roger ^d   Wheeler, Raymond ^f   Wheeler, Eileen ^g   deVilliers, David ^d   Langhans, Robert ^h  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^g The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT DETECTION SYSTEMS; HYDROPONIC LETTUCE GROWTH; NITRATE CONTROL IN LETTUCE (NICOLET) MODEL; NITRATE UPTAKE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES;

CROPS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; SIMULATION;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 33749603423     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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