Biology · Challenge

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Limiting factorsRunning
Leaf canopy. Light intensity at 239 units. Carbon fixed 10.76 mg/h, Trial rate 5.4 mg/h. Currently carbon fixed is over by 5.364 mg/h.TUNINGCARBON FIXED239 UNITS10.76 mg/h
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Carbon fixed

10.76mg/h

Trial rate

5.4mg/h

239 units

Leaf canopy. Light intensity at 239 units. Carbon fixed 10.76 mg/h, Trial rate 5.4 mg/h. Currently carbon fixed is over by 5.364 mg/h.

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What is happening

You take control of a research glasshouse tuning its lamps to a target growth rate.

The trial is running below its target. It demands 5.4 mg/h, the crop fixes 0.045 mg of carbon per unit of light intensity, and the lamp bank is set well below that.