Meet Prof. Youbin Zheng Descriptive Transcript

Summary: Prof. Youbin Zheng describes his research on horticultural production in controlled environments.

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Meet the Profs of the Ontario Agricultural College
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 Prof. Youbin Zheng
School of Environmental Sciences
Youbin: My research, there are two aspects.
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One is to produce plants in an environmentally friendly way
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and sustainable way, and another is to use horticulture technology to improve our environment and to help build a sustainable society. 
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Youbin: When I say plant production is sustainable, it's more producing plants in controlled environments,
such as greenhouses, warehouse-type indoor environments and growth chambers or nursery settings.
All of these types of environments which people can more or less control
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the plant growth environmental factors.
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Text: www.uoguelph.ca/oac
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