Aims to promote science-based industry standards through global research initiative
GE Current, a Daintree company, today extended its global horticulture lighting research initiative, launching a new partnership with Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in the Netherlands. The new study, led by WUR’s Prof Dr Leo Marcelis, will focus on determining the value and uses of interlighting for greenhouse vine crops like tomatoes, using both Current’s range of Lucalox HPS and Arize LED products. The research aims to provide growers with better guidance on the position, type and intensity of interlighting, in combination with LED top lighting, to maximize yield volume and quality.
The study will capture a lot of data through the coming months and the results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. It is the latest research project for Current, which is also working with NC State University, Ohio State University, and the Stockbridge Technology Centre in the UK to investigate the impact of light on different stages of plant growth across a wide variety of medicinal, ornamental and edible crops.
With a growing library of independent, peer-reviewed research, Current roots its product development and commercial guidance in hard data and scientific fact. The findings of its collaboration with WUR will help refine the design and deployment of the company’s forthcoming interlighting portfolio and will offer more detailed insight into the most effective light distribution and the ratio between top lighting and interlighting fixtures.
