Conference Agenda

4:00pm - 4:15pm
ID: 131 / Tech 4C: 1
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Water and Soil Management
Keywords: Artificial lighting, Plant factory, Lettuce Biomass, CO2 Enrichment, Hydroponic Growth, Plant Yield Optimization

Optimal Growth Conditions for Lettuce in Indoor Farming: Evaluating CO2 Levels and Light Treatments for Enhanced Photosynthesis

Oluwafemi Dare Adaramola¹, Philip Wiredu Addo¹, Sarah MacPherson¹, Mark Lefsrud¹, Laurent Boucher²

¹McGill University, Canada; ²RVEST

4:15pm - 4:30pm
ID: 117 / Tech 4C: 2
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Water and Soil Management
Keywords: strawberry, greenhouse, autonomous navigation, machine vision

Machine Vision Models for Identifying Seedbeds’ Region and Orientation Beneath Growing Strawberry Crops in Greenhouses

Oyetayo Olukorede OYEBODE, Shogo TSUBOTA, Keita YOSHINAGA

Institute of Agricultural Machinery, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

4:30pm - 4:45pm
ID: 262 / Tech 4C: 3
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Water and Soil Management
Keywords: Root system architecture, Multi-view stereo, 3D reconstruction

Optimizing 3D reconstruction methods for root system architecture in hydroponic cultivation: Overcoming distortion challenges

Xuehai Zhou¹, Shangpeng Sun¹, Davoud Torkamaneh²

¹McGill University; ²Laval University

4:45pm - 5:00pm
ID: 165 / Tech 4C: 4
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Precision Agriculture
Keywords: Precision apiculture, smart beehive, data analysis, sensors

Hive activity and trends monitored using interdigital capacitor smart frames and data analytics in a multi sensor beehive

Phiona Buhr¹, Desmond Lagace¹, Valerie Beynon¹, Cyrus Shafai¹, Robert Currie²

¹Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada; ²Dept. of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Canada

5:00pm - 5:15pm
ID: 203 / Tech 4C: 5
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Agriculture Engineering
Keywords: Ultraviolet Radiation, Motion-Sensor Integration, Plant Growth Enhancement, Germicidal effects, Sustainable Agriculture

Development of a user-friendly UV disinfection device integrated with automatic motion sensors for pathogen control and occupational safety

Saman Zohrabi, Sarah MacPherson, Shangpeng Sun, Mark Lefsrud

Department of Bioresource Engineering, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 3V9

5:15pm - 5:30pm
ID: 272 / Tech 4C: 6
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Greenhouse
Keywords: Controlled Environment Agriculture, Hydroponics, LED's, Porous Concrete, Biomass Production

Grasses in Hydroponics: Oats and Barley

Jasmine Brar, Sarah MacPherson, Philip Wiredu Addo, Mark Lefsrud

McGill University, Canada

5:30pm - 5:45pm
ID: 270 / Tech 4C: 7
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Bioenergy
Keywords: HVAC, dehumidification, moisture, ice particles.

Fog Crystal Generation through Vortex Cooling and Cold Plate Dehumidification: A Breakthrough in HVAC Efficiency

sheida Rezaei, Mark Lefsrud, Valerie Orsat, M.d Sazan Rahman

McGill University, Canada