Horticulture LEDs and Photophyll select LED

Tell us about yourself and your role with Cree LED.

Morgan Meadows Davis, I currently serve as a Product Manager at Cree LED. I am responsible for multiple high-power LED portfolios as well as new product introductions and customer engagement. I joined Cree LED in 2013 and have held positions in process integration and LED product development.   Currently I am responsible for the horticulture market and Cree LED’s XLamp® horticulture products.

Can LEDs improve agriculture growth/yield?

LEDs bring higher efficiency than HPS lights meaning more useable light energy is available to the plants for a given power load. More light generally means higher yields.  They also offer a wide variety of wavelengths allowing optimization / customization of their spectrum. Different LED colors or combination of LED colors may be used during different growth cycles of plants, across different crop types and across varying growing environments. 

LEDs have enabled small form factor luminaires for new lighting designs and applications such as vertical farming and intra-canopy illumination. LEDs do not heat up the plants as much as earlier technologies, so lights can be placed closers to plants than ever before.

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