In the present book topics are diverse, rich in content and provide useful information on the recent advances, innovative technologies and future challenges for protected cropping. There are forty three chapters on greenhouse engineering, greenhouse design, covering and regional greenhouses, innovation and developments in environmental control, energy use and optimisation, lighting technology, nutrient management, water, substrate and disease management, plant greenhouse interactions, crop and greenhouse management.

This publication is appropriate for students, teachers, researchers, extension workers, policy makers engaged in protected cropping.