LEDs support sustainable horticulture development with tunable lighting technologies and other smart applications. Worldwide food suppliers as well as lighting technologies suppliers continue to create innovative growing techniques for improving crops production and quality.

Israel based grow light supplier Fotonica has developed and patented its bio-illuminationTM lighting system that optimizes the growth of cannabis, green leaves, vegetables, and ornamentals while providing real-time data and analytics that ensures maximum crop control and profitability. Fotonica’s TM LED technology provides an optimal lighting solution with highly efficient, precise, and uniform levels of photosynthetic flux density (PPFD). The solution also utilizes an electrical operation technology that enables growers to implement specific light recipes and growth protocols to match a plant’s phenological stage to enhance optimal crop yield while reducing energy consumption

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Meanwhile, Mouser Electronics, the U.S.-based electronics components distributor, unveiled its new Horticulture Applications Site on Mouser.com to bring together the latest resources of indoor and outdoor plant cultivation systems.

The Applications section provides an overview of horticulture lighting, including a detailed system diagram with recommended components, including LEDs and LED drivers, thermal substrates, and heat sinks. The section also includes a clickable visualization of horticulture LED colors, with links to corresponding products available.