WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers have designed two simple LED lighting strategies to increase yield and reduce energy costs for the vertical farming sector of indoor agriculture.

Researchers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, In., have designed two “simple” LED lighting strategies to increase yield and reduce energy costs for the vertical farming sector of indoor ...

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Purdue University researchers have designed two simple LED lighting strategies to increase yield and reduce energy costs for the vertical farming sector of indoor agriculture, according to a press ...