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Turning Photons Into Food
Apogee Instruments Inc.
Dr. Bruce Bugbee walks through the calculations for crop yield potential when light is the limiting factor, from photosynthetic quantum yield through respiration efficiency and harvest index, using the Energy Cascade Model.
Cited in vertical farming debates as a rigorous look at when indoor crops are economically viable.
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