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CropKing Hydroponic
Growers Conference
Outreach Activities for the Tucson Community, State
of Arizona, and the World
CropKing
Hydroponic Growers Conference held in Tucson each November, included a
2-hour tour to The Controlled Environment Agriculture Center facilities,
The University of Arizona. Typically 160+ participants visit six tour
stations where faculty and graduate students explain the on-going research
projects.
The six tour stations have included: 1. hydroponic
tomato teaching greenhouse (Dr. Patricia Rorabaugh),
2. hydroponic pepper production (Dr. Merle Jensen),
3. web-based environmental monitoring and control (Dr. Gene Giacomelli),
4. retractable roof greenhouse for niche crops (Dr. Ursula Schuch),
5. Tomato physiology studies (Dr. Chieri Kubota)
6. aeroponic production systems (Dr. Teena Hayden,
Native American Botanics, Inc).
Completed in 2003 and
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