Association between Dynamic Agrivoltaic System and Cultivation: Viability, Yields and Qualitative Assessment of Medical Plants
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Dynamic Agrivoltaic System
2.2. Field Experiment
2.3. Microclimatic Condition, Plant Growth, and Floristic Surveys
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Microclimatic Measurements
3.1.1. Solar Radiation
3.1.2. Air Temperature
3.1.3. Infrared Foliar Temperature
3.2. Weeds Survey
3.3. Plant Growth Observation on Sage Crop
3.4. Dry Matter Content
3.5. Essential Oil (EO) Yield Content
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Date | Between Panel | Under Panel | Open Field |
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BP | UP | T | |
1 June | 31.4 ± 0.2 a | 29.9± 0.2 b | 31.7 ± 0.2 a |
7 June | 34.3 ± 0.3 a | 33.2 ± 0.2 b | 34.6 ± 0.3 a |
14 June | 32.1 ± 0.3 a | 30.9 ± 0.3 b | 32.5 ± 0.2 a |
21 June | 35.4 ± 0.2 a | 34.0 ±0.2 b | 35.6 ± 0.3 a |
28 June | 36.9 ± 0.1 a | 36.5 ± 0.2 b | 37.3 ± 0.3 a |
12 July | 31.4 ± 0.1 a | 30.1± 0.1 b | 31.6 ± 0.2 a |
19 July | 30.7 ± 0.3 a | 29.8 ± 0.3 b | 31.0 ± 0.3 a |
27 July | 38.4 ± 0.2 a | 37.5 ± 0.3 b | 38.8 ± 0.3 a |
26 August | 30.7 ± 0.2 a | 29.8 ± 0.1 b | 31.0 ± 0.2 a |
Mean | 33.5 ± 0.2 A | 32.4 ± 0.2 B | 33.8 ± 0.3 A |
Plant Growth | BP | UP | T | |||||||||
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Height | 9.7 | ± | 1.0 | a | 10.3 | ± | 1.3 | a | 7.0 | ± | 1.5 | b |
Width (E-W) | 11.1 | ± | 1.3 | a | 12.3 | ± | 1.3 | a | 7.8 | ± | 1.1 | b |
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Disciglio, G.; Frabboni, L.; Tarantino, A.; Stasi, A. Association between Dynamic Agrivoltaic System and Cultivation: Viability, Yields and Qualitative Assessment of Medical Plants. Sustainability 2023, 15, 16252. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316252
Disciglio G, Frabboni L, Tarantino A, Stasi A. Association between Dynamic Agrivoltaic System and Cultivation: Viability, Yields and Qualitative Assessment of Medical Plants. Sustainability. 2023; 15(23):16252. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316252
Chicago/Turabian StyleDisciglio, Grazia, Laura Frabboni, Annalisa Tarantino, and Antonio Stasi. 2023. "Association between Dynamic Agrivoltaic System and Cultivation: Viability, Yields and Qualitative Assessment of Medical Plants" Sustainability 15, no. 23: 16252. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316252