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Arend-Jan Both Arend-Jan Both
Associate Extension Specialist
 Plant Biology and Pathology
Bioresource Eng'G
20 Ag Extension Way
Center for Controlled Environment Agriculture
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-932-9534
Fax: 732-932-7931
Email: both@aesop.rutgers.edu
Website: aesop.rutgers.edu/~plantbiopath/faculty/both/both.html
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Expertise Summary
  Horticultural engineering blends agricultural engineering, plant science, computer science, and control theory to produce effective and efficient plant growing systems, whether in high-tech greenhouses or low-tech row cover systems. In case of greenhouse production systems, a frequently used term is Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). People trained in this discipline have a strong understanding of and appreciation for the engineering, biological, and environmental aspects of plant production. Horticultural engineers play a vital role in the secure, healthy, and cost-effective production of many edible and ornamental plant species on which we all depend.

Activities: 1. Provide practical information to the greenhouse industry through our web site, extension publications and trade magazines, 2. Provide national and international standards/guidelines for greenhouse and growth chamber technology and use, and 3. Train students interested in careers associated with CEA.

International Expertise
Controlled environment agriculture
Greenhouse engineering
Greenhouse systems analysis
Greenhouse technology
Growth chambers
Supplemental lighting
Systems analysis
Japan, Netherlands

Research Projects
  • Energy Efficient Controlled Environment Plant Production
  • Commercial Greenhouse Production: Component and System Development
  • ENGINEERING INTEGRATED PHYTOMATION SYSTEMS
  • Developing and Integrating Components for Commercial Greenhouse Production Systems

    • Selected Publications
    Effect of temperature perturbations on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) quality and production scheduling
      Journal: Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology
     Authors: Fleisher, D.H., L.S. Logendra, C. Moraru, A.J. Both, J. Cavazzoni, T. Gianfagna, T.C. Lee, and H. Ja
    Volume: 81    Pages: 125-131
    Date Published: 2006
    Designing environmental control for greenhouses: Orchid production as example.
      Journal: Acta Horticulturae
     Authors: Both, A.J., E. Reiss, D.R. Mears, and W. Fang
    Volume: 691    Pages: 807-813
    Date Published: 2005
    Season extension for tomato production using high tunnels
      Journal: Acta Horticulturae
     Authors: Reiss, E., A.J. Both, S. Garrison, W. Kline, and J. Sudal
    Volume: 659    Pages: 153-160
    Date Published: 2004

     

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