Side Lighting of Red, Blue and Green Spectral Combinations Altered the Growth, Yield and Quality of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv. “Yidali”) in Plant Factory
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials and Growth Conditions
2.2. Lighting Treatments
2.3. Yield, Leafy Morphology, and Chlorophyll Measurements
2.4. Nitrate Measurement
2.5. Soluble Sugar and Starch Measurements
2.6. Flavonoid and Phenolics Measurements
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Growth, Yield, Chlorophyll Content, and Nitrate Content
3.2. Sugar and Starch Contents
3.3. Flavonoid and Phenolics Contents
4. Discussion
4.1. Side Lighting Increased Lettuce Yield Irrespective of Spectral Qualities
4.2. Side Lighting Affected Lettuce Nutritional Quality, Varying with Spectral Qualities
4.3. Spatial Response Diversity of Lettuce Plants to Different Side Lighting Spectral Qualities
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chen, R.; Wang, Z.; Liu, W.; Ding, Y.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, S. Side Lighting of Red, Blue and Green Spectral Combinations Altered the Growth, Yield and Quality of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv. “Yidali”) in Plant Factory. Plants 2023, 12, 4147. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12244147
Chen R, Wang Z, Liu W, Ding Y, Zhang Q, Wang S. Side Lighting of Red, Blue and Green Spectral Combinations Altered the Growth, Yield and Quality of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv. “Yidali”) in Plant Factory. Plants. 2023; 12(24):4147. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12244147
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Ren, Zhenwei Wang, Wenke Liu, Yuteng Ding, Qishuan Zhang, and Shurong Wang. 2023. "Side Lighting of Red, Blue and Green Spectral Combinations Altered the Growth, Yield and Quality of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv. “Yidali”) in Plant Factory" Plants 12, no. 24: 4147. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12244147