Welcome to the Ferrarezi Lab!
This webpage shares miscellaneous information about my research and education program on Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Crop Physiology and Production at the University of Georgia.
I do research on crop physiology (plant growth and development) and production factors (precision irrigation, plant nutrition, lighting, substrates, biopharmaceuticals, biostimulants, and cropping systems) for indoor soilless cultivation in greenhouse and indoor or vertical farms. My group focuses on horticultural specialty crops, including edible, medicinal, and ornamental plants in greenhouses and vertical farms/plant factories. My program investigates plant responses to different production factors and develops methodologies to maximize plant growth rate, development, morphology, and physiology and improve crop yield, quality, and profitability of horticultural crops in indoor systems.
I also teach two courses, HORT 3200 “Hydroponics and Controlled Environment Horticulture” and HORT 4050/6050 “Greenhouse Management I”, lead the UGA Hydroponics Club, direct a Maymester Study Abroad program to Cuba (2025) and Valencia, Spain (even years), and advise and mentor dozens of grad and undergraduate students at UGA and around the globe.
I hope you found our website interesting. I would be very happy to answer any questions about CEA Crop Physiology and Production. Just follow me on the social media channels below.
 | DR. RHUANITO SORANZ FERRAREZI Associate Professor of Controlled Environment Agriculture Department of Horticulture The University of Georgia 1111 Miller Plant Sciences Building Athens, GA 30602 ferrarezi@uga.edu (706) 201-4909 |
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Want to learn more about greenhouse management? Take Dr. Ferrarezi’s HORT 4050/6050 “Greenhouse management I” course in the Fall!
🚨 Webinar Alert! The Root Alliance is launching a series of webinars on Water, Nutrients & Substrates 🌱 Free for members | For non-members, $20/webinar or 50% off all 4 💧 Don’t miss it! 👉 https://rootalliance.org #ferrarezilab #CEA
✨Editor’s Choice✨
Wacker, K.; Kim, C.; van Iersel, M.W.; Sidore, B.; Pham, T.; Haidekker, M.; Seymour, L.; Ferrarezi, R.S. Development of an Automated Low-Cost Multispectral Imaging System to Quantify Canopy Size and Pigmentation
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🎉 Excited to share our latest study, “Advancing biomass estimation in hydroponic lettuce using RGB-depth imaging and machine learning,” published in COMPAG! 🌱🤖
Congrats to Jonathan and co-authors on this great work! 👏
📄 Read here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168169925004053
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Big news from the #FerrareziLab! 🎉 We published a game-changing study on Arugula & Lettuce Responses to Greenhouse Hydroponic Systems in HortScience! 🥬✨
🔗 Read it here:
Arugula and Lettuce Responses to Greenhouse Hydroponic Systems: An Analysis of Yield and Resource…
Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) for leafy green production is growing in popularity as consumers and producers …
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New research on using CEA to grow plants with medicinal properties could lead to production methods that will increase one anti-cancer compound naturally produced by certain species of Well done, Rebekah Maynard!!! #ferrarezilab
CAES vertical farming research sheds light on producing medicinal compounds
New research on using controlled environment agriculture to grow plants with medicinal properties could lead to produc…
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