Using LED lights on plants will enhance photosynthesis and flowering thus improving produce is the heart of Cary Mitchell’s research in Purdue University. Cary and other horticulturist from Rutgers University, the University of Arizona, Michigan State University and Orbital Technologies Corporation will work together on a 4 year project which will evaluate and test the effect of LED lighting on plants in greenhouses aiming to lower the energy costs and increasing the produce.
Specialty crop industry is very valuable to the American Agriculture that is why tests and evaluations of such studies are well invested. With the $4.88 million grant given to Purdue University by the Department of Agriculture, this research will surely change the face of the agricultural industry. This project was titled "Developing LED Lighting Technology and Practices for Sustainable Specialty-Crop Production."
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