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Article

Control of Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) on Black Sesame Seed (Sesamum indicum L.) Sprout Production in a Micro-Greenhouse Using Intelligent Control

by
Luis E. Barreto-Salazar
,
Jesús J. Rochín-Medina
,
Julio C. Picos-Ponce
,
David E. Castro-Palazuelos
and
Guillermo J. Rubio-Astorga
*
División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Tecnológico Nacional de México-IT, Culiacán 80220, Sinaloa, Mexico
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(17), 7957; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11177957
Submission received: 21 July 2021 / Revised: 25 August 2021 / Accepted: 27 August 2021 / Published: 28 August 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)
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Abstract

The demand for fresh and healthy food has been increasing, and different options for growing sprouts have been presented to solve this, such as traditional techniques and cultivation under controlled conditions. However, sprout farming has not explored all the tools available to produce these foods under controlled conditions. This study presents an alternative to produce sesame seed sprouts in a micro-greenhouse applying intelligent control algorithms for vapor pressure deficit. There was an improvement of 56% in the germination percentage, 2.59 in the germination index, 9.7% in the production of proteins, 1.1% in ash and an increase of 77.03 mm in the sprouts’ length collected in the micro-greenhouse in comparison with the traditional technique. This was achieved by maintaining a mean error for soil moisture at 87% and 0.93 kPa for vapor pressure deficit by applying proportional–integral–derivative, fuzzy logic and neural network control algorithms in the micro-greenhouse. The study shows that the nutritional content, the measured germination parameters and the size are improved in sesame sprout production by applying intelligent control algorithms for vapor pressure deficit in a micro-greenhouse.
Keywords: vapor pressure deficit; intelligent control; micro-greenhouse; sesame sprouts; nutritional value; germination parameters; sprout length vapor pressure deficit; intelligent control; micro-greenhouse; sesame sprouts; nutritional value; germination parameters; sprout length

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Barreto-Salazar, L.E.; Rochín-Medina, J.J.; Picos-Ponce, J.C.; Castro-Palazuelos, D.E.; Rubio-Astorga, G.J. Control of Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) on Black Sesame Seed (Sesamum indicum L.) Sprout Production in a Micro-Greenhouse Using Intelligent Control. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 7957. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11177957

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Barreto-Salazar LE, Rochín-Medina JJ, Picos-Ponce JC, Castro-Palazuelos DE, Rubio-Astorga GJ. Control of Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) on Black Sesame Seed (Sesamum indicum L.) Sprout Production in a Micro-Greenhouse Using Intelligent Control. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(17):7957. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11177957

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Barreto-Salazar, Luis E., Jesús J. Rochín-Medina, Julio C. Picos-Ponce, David E. Castro-Palazuelos, and Guillermo J. Rubio-Astorga. 2021. "Control of Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) on Black Sesame Seed (Sesamum indicum L.) Sprout Production in a Micro-Greenhouse Using Intelligent Control" Applied Sciences 11, no. 17: 7957. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11177957

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Barreto-Salazar, L. E., Rochín-Medina, J. J., Picos-Ponce, J. C., Castro-Palazuelos, D. E., & Rubio-Astorga, G. J. (2021). Control of Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) on Black Sesame Seed (Sesamum indicum L.) Sprout Production in a Micro-Greenhouse Using Intelligent Control. Applied Sciences, 11(17), 7957. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11177957

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