OPPLE Horticultural lighting has established a national-level engineering center, leveraging professional lighting to empower tomato cultivation.

Project Name:

Lighting Project at the Chongming Base of the National Engineering Research Center for Facility Agriculture

Project Address:

Chongming, Shanghai / Beijing

Lighting Solution:

OPPLE Lighting

In the development of modern facility agriculture, light environment control is becoming an important technological means to enhance the precision of crop production management. Especially for high-value horticultural crops such as tomatoes, scientific and reasonable supplemental lighting not only affects plant photosynthesis but is also closely related to greenhouse production management, energy utilization efficiency, and crop growth performance.

Leveraging its technical expertise in professional lighting, OPPLE Lighting continues to deepen the research, development, and application of horticultural lighting products. In 2026, over one hundred sets of OPPLE’s professional LED supplemental lights were deployed at the Chongming Base of the National Engineering Research Center for Facility Agriculture, supporting the specialized supplemental lighting needs of solanaceous fruit and vegetable cultivation projects with high-performance lighting products.

The scientific achievement “Research and Application of Key Technologies and Equipment for Efficient Production of Major Vegetables in Natural-Light Plant Factories,” led by the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, was awarded the Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress. OPPLE’s supplemental lights, utilizing precise supplemental lighting technology, have been deeply integrated into this achievement, providing professional light support for efficient vegetable production in plant factories and helping translate research outcomes into practical results.

Tomatoes are an important economic crop in facility agriculture, with specific light environment requirements at different growth stages. When natural light is insufficient, providing scientifically designed supplemental lighting is a crucial component for controllable greenhouse production and stable yields.

Using supplemental lights to precisely illuminate crops can further promote tomato photosynthesis and dry matter accumulation; the more nutrients accumulated, the higher the yield and better the quality. In the greenhouses of the Agricultural Engineering Research Center, tomatoes grown year-round can produce vines exceeding 10 meters in length, with yields 3–10 times higher than those of conventional facilities.

Experimental reports from similar practices demonstrate that light conditions regulate tomato photosynthesis, growth and development, and fruit quality. OPPLE LED supplemental lights deliver targeted red and blue light from above, enhancing photosynthetic efficiency and creating an optimal growing light environment for tomato plants, resulting in superior quality and increased yields.

The deeper value of horticultural lighting lies in its professional optical design, making every beam of light more efficient and effective. OPPLE Lighting offers a variety of spectral solutions to precisely match the light requirements of different crops’ photosynthesis.

At the core performance level, OPPLE LED supplemental lights reach up to 1000W, with a luminous efficacy (light output per watt) of up to 3.6 μmol/J, placing them among industry leaders. They feature an IP66 Ingress protection (IP rating), ensuring long-term durability.

In terms of light distribution, these fixtures incorporate OPPLE’s unique rectangular optics with a 150° batwing pattern for uniform illumination, fully meeting crop supplemental lighting needs even with relatively sparse fixture placement.

As facility agriculture continues to upgrade toward greater efficiency and intelligence, horticultural lighting is evolving from simple supplemental lighting devices to sophisticated, professional light environment management systems. OPPLE Lighting actively responds to this trend, continuously investing in upgrading its horticultural lighting management systems and iteratively refining them around precise supplemental lighting control.

Unlike traditional management methods that rely on fixed schedules for turning lights on and off, horticultural lighting management systems can sense ambient light changes, automatically adjust supplemental lighting strategies, and support flexible settings for activation time, brightness, and group control—balancing crop growth needs with energy efficiency and operational convenience, significantly reducing manual judgment and labor costs, and making cultivation processes more standardized and refined.

For horticultural lighting applications, OPPLE Lighting has developed supplemental lighting solutions tailored to typical scenarios such as greenhouse sheds and plant factories. Through coordinated product, control, and strategy integration, it helps customers achieve more stable supplemental lighting effects and more efficient operational performance in complex and variable growing environments.

In the future, OPPLE Lighting will continue to deepen its expertise in horticultural lighting, constantly improving its products and system solutions. With more professional technology and smarter systems, it aims to contribute to the high-quality development of modern agriculture.

Let every beam of light become a boost for crop growth; let every investment translate into tangible value. Empowering efficient cultivation through light, we will become a new driving force for improving quality and efficiency in modern agriculture.