Optimizing growth conditions in vertical farming: enhancing lettuce and basil cultivation through the application of the Taguchi method
Abstract This paper reports on the findings of an experimental study that investigated the impact of various environmental factors on the growth of lettuce and basil plants in vertical farms. The study employed the Taguchi method, a statistical design of experiments approach, to efficiently identify...
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| author | Hadis Farhangi Vahid Mozafari Hamid Reza Roosta Hossein Shirani Mosen Farhangi |
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| description | Abstract This paper reports on the findings of an experimental study that investigated the impact of various environmental factors on the growth of lettuce and basil plants in vertical farms. The study employed the Taguchi method, a statistical design of experiments approach, to efficiently identify the optimal growth conditions for these crops in a hyper-controlled environment. By reducing the time and cost of designing and running experiments, this method allowed for the simultaneous investigation of multiple environmental factors that affect plant growth. A total of 27 treatments were selected using the Taguchi approach, and the signal to noise ratio was calculated to predict the optimal levels of each environmental condition for maximizing basil and lettuce growth parameters. The results showed that most of the parameters, except for EC and relative humidity for certain growth parameters, were interrelated with each other. To validate the results, confirmation tests were conducted based on the predicted optimal parameters. The low error ratio between expected and predicted values (1–3%) confirmed the effectiveness of the Taguchi approach for determining the optimal environmental conditions for plant growth in vertical farms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05d25885818a41a998bbb067fa28561b2023-04-30T11:12:40ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-04-0113111610.1038/s41598-023-33855-zOptimizing growth conditions in vertical farming: enhancing lettuce and basil cultivation through the application of the Taguchi methodHadis Farhangi0Vahid Mozafari1Hamid Reza Roosta2Hossein Shirani3Mosen Farhangi4Department of Soil Science and Engineering, Vali-e-Asr University of RafsanjanDepartment of Soil Science and Engineering, Vali-e-Asr University of RafsanjanDepartment of Horticulture Sciences, Arak UniversityDepartment of Soil Science and Engineering, Vali-e-Asr University of RafsanjanDepartment of Thematic Studies - Technology and Social Change, Linköping UniversityAbstract This paper reports on the findings of an experimental study that investigated the impact of various environmental factors on the growth of lettuce and basil plants in vertical farms. The study employed the Taguchi method, a statistical design of experiments approach, to efficiently identify the optimal growth conditions for these crops in a hyper-controlled environment. By reducing the time and cost of designing and running experiments, this method allowed for the simultaneous investigation of multiple environmental factors that affect plant growth. A total of 27 treatments were selected using the Taguchi approach, and the signal to noise ratio was calculated to predict the optimal levels of each environmental condition for maximizing basil and lettuce growth parameters. The results showed that most of the parameters, except for EC and relative humidity for certain growth parameters, were interrelated with each other. To validate the results, confirmation tests were conducted based on the predicted optimal parameters. The low error ratio between expected and predicted values (1–3%) confirmed the effectiveness of the Taguchi approach for determining the optimal environmental conditions for plant growth in vertical farms.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33855-z |
| spellingShingle | Hadis Farhangi Vahid Mozafari Hamid Reza Roosta Hossein Shirani Mosen Farhangi Optimizing growth conditions in vertical farming: enhancing lettuce and basil cultivation through the application of the Taguchi method Scientific Reports |
| title | Optimizing growth conditions in vertical farming: enhancing lettuce and basil cultivation through the application of the Taguchi method |
| title_full | Optimizing growth conditions in vertical farming: enhancing lettuce and basil cultivation through the application of the Taguchi method |
| title_fullStr | Optimizing growth conditions in vertical farming: enhancing lettuce and basil cultivation through the application of the Taguchi method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimizing growth conditions in vertical farming: enhancing lettuce and basil cultivation through the application of the Taguchi method |
| title_short | Optimizing growth conditions in vertical farming: enhancing lettuce and basil cultivation through the application of the Taguchi method |
| title_sort | optimizing growth conditions in vertical farming enhancing lettuce and basil cultivation through the application of the taguchi method |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33855-z |
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