AquacultureMajor Program

7840

Total Hours

Contributed.

5570

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

560

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

18

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of fish producers who increased their knowledge of fish production

71

Number of fish producers who adopted recommendations from KSU fish diagnostics lab

11

Number of people who used fish disease diagnostics resources (e.g. clinical database App)

26

Stories

Taking Research to the Farm

Aquaponic farms that decide to grow entirely indoors with no natural sunlight have a large list of lighting technologies to choose from. Over the last decade, research led by Dr. Jim Tidwell at Kentucky State University (KSU) has evaluated different lighting technologies for use in indoor aquaponic farms. Initial research conducted by Charlie Schultz and Luke Oliver on lettuce, basil, pak choi, and kale showed that LED lights were better than induction, fluorescent, and metal halides in term of ...

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