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A literature lettuce yield of 700 kg m −2 yr −1 would require a 51% shorter crop cycle of 6.8 days.
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e0“Further improvements in VF lettuce yields from the literature (700 kg m −2 yr −1 ) would require an unprecedented 51% decrease in crop cycle time (6.8 days).”
Title
Think sink, not source: how vertical farming’s potential is limited by crop breeding
Gertjan Meeuws; Daan Heeling; José M. Mogollón; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2025. doi:10.3389/fpls.2025.1621684
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- Method / resource Current vertical-farm lettuce yields are close to sink-limited conditions.
- Method / resource Current vertical-farm tomato yields are close to sink-limited conditions.
- Method / resource Potential lettuce yield was estimated at 330 kg m −2 yr −1.
- Method / resource Potential tomato yield was estimated at 369 kg m −2 yr −1.
- Method / resource Lettuce yield beyond 230 kg m −2 yr −1 would require temperatures current genetics cannot tolerate.
- Method / resource Tomato yield beyond 145 kg m −2 yr −1 would require temperatures current genetics cannot tolerate.