Dist. Prof. David Tissue Research Program 2: Program Lead

Distinguished Professor David Tissue is the Scientific Research Director for the National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre (NVPCC) and Discipline Leader for Agriculture and Food Science at WSU. He has a long history of working alongside agricultural industries in the United States and Australia.

Read more about Professor David Tissue here.

Read about Western Sydney University’s state-of-the-art National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre glasshouse facility here.

Research Program 2: Program Lead
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Establishing a National Hub for Smart Greenhouse Technology – Energy Saving Films

This research program seeks to reduce energy use and increase resource use efficiency by employing new light-blocking (Smart Glass; SG) and existing light-shifting (LLEAF) films in glasshouses operated by the protected cropping industry.

$3.5m project to trial prototype glasshouse films on climbing crops

A $3.5m FFSCRC project with Hort Innovation and LLEAF is trialling two greenhouse-film prototypes that have the potential to boost crop productivity, slash input costs and shrink the environmental footprint of Australia’s PC horticulture sector.

Smart glass-LLEAF project wrap-up: key findings and next steps

In the recently completed ‘Smart Glass’ project, scientists at Western Sydney University showed the energy-saving ability of SG ULR-80 and the yield-increasing potential of LLEAF. Next steps? To combine the strengths of both.

Meet David Tissue: crop science expert

In a career spanning decades, continents and planets, Distinguished Professor David Tissue has maintained a thirst for exploration and a desire to help crops thrive, even in the most hostile environments.