Products & Services
The business unit Greenhouse Horticulture of Wageningen University & Research provides a wide range of products and services to growers, consultants, and suppliers. Some of these products and services are available at no charge.
Our research facilities are unique in the world: from special greenhouses for research into sustainable crop protection, through experimental energy-saving greenhouses to measurement set-ups for researching greenhouse materials and early identification of plant stress.
Products, Services and Models
Designing a perfect greenhouse
Greenhouse Horticulture results in the highest plant production levels worldwide. And with High Tech Horticulture this can be combined with optimal resource efficiency in terms of area, water, fertilizers and even energy.
Energy & Climate
- App KASSIM | interactive tool to provide insight into the processes in a greenhouse
- Simulation tool CO2 Viewer | effects of CO2 dosing strategies
Water & Nutrients
- Analysis rooting media and growing system design | analysis, labtests and modellen
- Analysis of horticultural substrates
LightLab: measurements for greenhouse cover and screen materials
Greenhouse Horticulture of WUR has unique measurement equipment to measure light and heat transmittance, and condensation behaviour.
Training
- Training possibilities: Summer School on Greenhouse Horticulture
Cultivation & Production Systems
- Analysis of circular greenhouse horticulture | analysis of bottlenecks in incoming and outgoing flows
Flavour research fruits and vegetables
Healthy and tasty fruits and vegetables can improve your appetite! The scientists of business unit Greenhouse Horticulture of Wageningen University & Research measures the flavour levels of fruits and vegetables with consumer panels, sensory experts and with measurements in the laboratory.
Quality & Production
- Programme image analysis | measuring particle properties
- Plugin Prifret | ImageJ plugin for pixel based ratio imaging
- Plugin CultivarJ | ImageJ plugin for plant variety testing
Crop protection
- Webservice Botrytis Alert | warns for risks on botrytis infection in tomato