Savings on heating energy by maintaining growth and development/blooming of flowering plants through supplemental lighting
Professor Oh's research team recognized for research capacities with thesis presentation awards
[May 26, 2014]

 Professor Oh Wook (42) of the Department of Horticulture and Life Science wins the '37th Korean Society for Horticultural Science Best Thesis Award'.

 Professor Oh will receive the best thesis award in the horticulture sector for his research results titled 'Effects of Temperature and Long-day Treatment on the Blooming of Cyclamen and Crop Characteristics' carried in the English academic journal 'Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology' (hereinafter 'HEB') that was published by the Korean Society for Horticultural Science in December 2013. Professor Oh's research was on reducing energy used for heating by maintaining growth, development and blooming through supplemental lighting instead of raising greenhouse temperature using heating when producing flowering plants. It received high scores for both academic and practical purposes.

 The Korean Society for Horticultural Science is Korea's largest society in the agricultural science field with 2,000 members and publishes 2 SCI-grade journals - 'Korean Journal of Horticultural Science & Technology' and 'HEB' - bi-monthly. The society reviews over approximately 200 theses published in these two academic journals every year and selects the top thesis in each of the six fields of vegetables, fruit trees, flowering plants, genetic breeding, controlled horticulture, and management after harvesting.

 Professor Oh's research team won thesis presentation awards repeatedly at various academic conferences, being acknowledged for their research capacities. They won the 2012 Spring Academic Conference Best Poster Presentation Award (PhD course, Kim Ji-seon) and the 2013 Fall Academic Conference Best Poster Presentation Award (Master's degree course, Cho Ji-yoon) hosted by the Korean Society for Horticultural Science, and the 2013 Korean Society for People, Plants and Environment Fall Academic Conference Best Oral Presentation Award (PhD course, Seo Ro-mi).

 Professor Oh said, "We have recently been conducting research on constructing green buildings using the functions of indoor plants, reduction of energy use in plant farms utilizing artificial light sources such as LEDs and EEFL, improving the quality of bulbs for lilies for exports, and on scientifically proving the effects of horticultural treatment," and added, "We are working on not only basic horticultural research, but also convergence studies with different sectors such as engineering, medicine and psychology to open up new opportunities for the horticulture industry, while using plants and horticultural activities to improve urban environments, as well as human welfare."

 The '37th Korean Society for Horticultural Science Best Thesis Award' is scheduled to be conferred at the 2014 general assembly of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science that will be held at the Seoul National University Pyeongchang Campus Green Bio Science Technology Research Center at noon on the 29th.