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http://dx.doi.org/10.12791/KSBEC.2013.22.2.182

Prediction of Transpiration Rate of Lettuces (Lactuca sativa L.) in Plant Factory by Penman-Monteith Model  

Lee, June Woo (Department of Plant Science and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Eom, Jung Nam (Department of Plant Science and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Kang, Woo Hyun (Department of Plant Science and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Shin, Jong Hwa (Department of Plant Science and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Son, Jung Eek (Department of Plant Science and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.22, no.2, 2013 , pp. 182-187 More about this Journal
Abstract
In closed plant production system like plant factory, changes in environmental factors should be identified for conducting efficient environmental control as well as predicting energy consumption. Since high relative humidity (RH) is essential for crop production in the plant factory, transpiration is closely related with RH and should be quantified. In this study, four varieties of lettuces (Lactuca sativa L.) were grown in a plant factory, and the leaf areas and transpiration rates of the plants according to DAT (day after transplanting) were measured. The coefficients of the simplified Penman-Monteith equation were calibrated in order to calculate the transpiration rate in the plant factory and the total amount of transpiration during cultivation period was predicted by simulation. The following model was used: $E_d=a*(1-e^{-k*LAI})*RAD_{in}+b*LAI*VPD_d$ (at daytime) and $E_n=b*LAI*VPD_n$ (at nighttime) for estimating transpiration of the lettuce in the plant factory. Leaf area and transpiration rate increased with DAT as exponential growth. Proportional relationship was obtained between leaf area and transpiration rate. Total amounts of transpiration of lettuces grown in plant factory could be obtained by the models with high $r^2$ values. The results indicated the simplified Penman-Monteith equation could be used to predict water requirements as well as heating and cooling loads required in plant factory system.
Keywords
leaf area; canopy; radiation; simulation; water requirement;
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