Title: Manipulate light to affect plant growth.
Course: Greenhouse Plant Production and Management (18052-III) > Section: Demonstrating Plant Production

Manipulation should include

- measuring light
- differentiating among color, intensity, and duration
- interpreting daily light integral (DLI) measurements
- defining light saturation and light compensation
- acclimatizing plants
- describing how photoperiodism affects growth
- exploring the use of time clock devices set for night-interruption and day-extension lighting
- exploring the use of black cloth for night extension.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can a grower regulate light intensity and duration?
- What types of plants must be acclimatized?
- How is the use of LED light changing plant growth?