Evolution of Standards for Plant Biology
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About this Course
The IES offers Educational Webinars throughout the year, purposefully spanning a broad range of topics and speaker expertise. This was a live webinar, now available as an archived webinar and CEU course.
Description: Bruce Bugbee begins with the nine cardinal parameters for plant growth, then focuses on the impact of the spectral effects of lighting. He reviews the emerging evidence that far-red photons (700-750) have photosynthetic activity and should be included in our definition of photosynthetic photons. This has profound implications for all of plant science. Learn about the implications of different light sources and CRI and CFI on plant growth.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course learners will be able to...
1. Identify the characteristics of light sources that impact plant growth.
2. Understand the spectral effects of lighting on plant growth.
3. Explore the nine cardinal parameters for plant growth.
4. Identify aspects of the McCree curve (Relative photosynthetic efficiency), and the potential for expansion to the scope of that curve.
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Bruce Bugbee
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Bruce Bugbee is a Professor at Utah State University where he teaches plant physiology. He is well known for his work with NASA to determine potential crop yield and is currently funded by NASA to study food production on Mars. In 2011 he was awarded the Governors Medal for Science from the State of Utah. Five years ago he summarized everything he knows in a 15-minute TEDx talk titled, “Turning Water into Food.” He founded Apogee Instruments in 1996 and ran the company out of his garage for the next eight years. Apogee now employees 32 people.