scholarly journals Supplementary Far-Red Light Did Not Affect Tomato Plant Growth or Yield under Mediterranean Greenhouse Conditions

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1849
Author(s):  
Onofrio Davide Palmitessa ◽  
Beniamino Leoni ◽  
Francesco Fabiano Montesano ◽  
Francesco Serio ◽  
Angelo Signore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
F1 Hybrid ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Red Radiation

In the Mediterranean region, tomato plants are often cultivated in two short cycles per year to avoid the heat of summer and the low solar radiation of winter. Supplementary light (SL) makes it possible to cultivate during the dark season. In this experiment, a tomato F1 hybrid cultivar DRW7723 was cultivated in a greenhouse for a fall-winter cycle. After transplant, light emitting diode (LED) interlighting, with two light spectra (red + blue vs. red + blue + far-red) was applied as SL. Plant growth, yield, gas exchange, nutrient solution (NS) consumption, and fruit quality were analyzed. In general, the effects of adding far-red radiation were not visible on the parameters analyzed, although the yield was 27% higher in plants grown with SL than those grown without. Tomatoes had the same average fresh weight between SL treatments, but the plants grown with SL produced 16% more fruits than control. Fruit quality, gas exchange and NS uptake were not influenced by the addition of far-red light. Interlighting is, therefore, a valid technique to increase fruit production in winter but at our latitude the effects of adding far-red radiation are mitigated by available sunlight.

scholarly journals The effects of light-emitting diode lighting on greenhouse plant growth and quality

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margit Olle ◽  
Akvile Viršile
Keyword(s):  
Growth Promotion ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Sweet Pepper ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Sodium Lamp ◽  
Greenhouse Plant ◽  
High Pressure Sodium Lamp

The aim of this study is to present the light emitting diode (LED) technology for greenhouse plant lighting and to give an overview about LED light effects on photosynthetic indices, growth, yield and nutritional value in green vegetables and tomato, cucumber, sweet pepper transplants. The sole LED lighting, applied in closed growth chambers, as well as combinations of LED wavelengths with conventional light sources, fluorescent and high pressure sodium lamp light, and natural illumination in greenhouses are overviewed. Red and blue light are basal in the lighting spectra for green vegetables and tomato, cucumber, and pepper transplants; far red light, important for photomorphogenetic processes in plants also results in growth promotion. However, theoretically unprofitable spectral parts as green or yellow also have significant physiological effects on investigated plants. Presented results disclose the variability of light spectral effects on different plant species and different physiological indices.

scholarly journals Filtering Light-Emitting Diodes to Investigate Amber and Red Spectral Effects on Lettuce Growth

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1075
Author(s):  
Bo-Sen Wu ◽  
Sarah MacPherson ◽  
Mark Lefsrud
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Photosynthetic Activity ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Plant Productivity ◽  
Plant Performance ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Amber Light ◽  
Light Spectra ◽  
Future Work

Red and blue light are the principal wavelengths responsible for driving photosynthetic activity, yet amber light (595 nm) has the highest quantum efficiency and amber-rich high pressure sodium lamps result in superior or comparable plant performance. On this basis, we investigated how lettuce plant growth and photosynthetic activity were influenced by broad and narrow light spectra in the 590–630 nm range, by creating amber and red light-emitting diode (LED) spectra that are not commercially available. Four different light spectra were outfitted from existing LEDs using shortpass and notch filters: a double peak spectrum (595 and 655 nm; referred to as 595 + 655-nm light) that excluded 630-nm light, 595-nm, 613-nm, and 633-nm light emitting at an irradiance level of 50 W·m−2 (243–267 µmol·m−2·s−1). Shifting LED wavelengths from 595 nm to 633 nm and from 595 nm to 613 nm resulted in a biomass yield decrease of ~50% and ~80%, respectively. When 630-nm light is blocked, lettuce displayed expanded plant structures and the absence of purple pigmentation. This report presents a new and feasible approach to plant photobiology studies, by removing certain wavelengths to assess and investigate wavelength effect on plant growth and photosynthesis. Findings indicate that amber light is superior to red light for promoting photosynthetic activity and plant productivity, and this could set precedence for future work aimed at maximizing plant productivity in controlled environment agriculture.

Plant Perception of Light: The role of indoleamines in Scutellaria species

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-176
Author(s):  
Jillian A Forsyth ◽  
Lauren A Erland ◽  
Paul R Shipley ◽  
Susan J Murch
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Blue Light ◽  
White Light ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Plant Signaling ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Light Spectra ◽  
Lighting Systems

Light mediates plant growth through diverse mechanisms and signaling networks including plant growth regulators (PGRs). We hypothesized that a novel class of PGRs, the indoleamines, are plant signaling molecules that perceive changes in light composition and initiate a cascade of metabolic responses. We used three Scutellaria model species (skullcap): S. lateriflora, S. galericulata and S. racemosa that produce high levels of melatonin and serotonin to investigate this hypothesis. Axenic Scutellaria cultures were exposed to red, blue, green or full spectrum white light spectra provided by light emitting diode (LED) lighting systems, or daylight fluorescent bulbs. Melatonin (MEL), serotonin (5HT), abscisic acid (ABA), auxin (IAA), and jasmonic acid (JA), were quantified by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. Melatonin was detected consistently in plants grown under blue light in all species of Scutellaria. In S. galericulata, significant quantities of ABA were detected in plants grown under white light but not detected in plants grown under other light spectra.  In timeline studies of S. racemosa plants exposed to limited red or blue light spectra had significantly reduced levels of tryptamine (TRM), 5HT and MEL in the shoots initially but melatonin was detected after 12 hours and quantifiable amounts of 5HT were detected after 7 days. Supplementation of the culture medium with MEL or 5HT did not change the pattern of MEL in blue light grown cultures but did change patterns of 5HT accumulation.  5HT was highest in plants grown under red light immediately after culture and decreased over 7 days.  These data indicate that the relative amounts of MEL and 5HT are responsive to light spectra and redirect metabolic resources to enable plant adaptations to changing environments.   

scholarly journals Red Light-Emitting Diodes with All-Inorganic CsPbI3/TOPO Composite Nanowires Color Conversion Films

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lung-Chien Chen ◽  
Yi-Tsung Chang ◽  
Ching-Ho Tien ◽  
Yu-Chun Yeh ◽  
Zong-Liang Tseng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Trioctylphosphine Oxide ◽  
Optical And Electrical Properties ◽  
Colloidal Solutions ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Hot Injection ◽  
Color Conversion

AbstractThis work presents a method for obtaining a color-converted red light source through a combination of a blue GaN light-emitting diode and a red fluorescent color conversion film of a perovskite CsPbI3/TOPO composite. High-quality CsPbI3 quantum dots (QDs) were prepared using the hot-injection method. The colloidal QD solutions were mixed with different ratios of trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) to form nanowires. The color conversion films prepared by the mixed ultraviolet resin and colloidal solutions were coated on blue LEDs. The optical and electrical properties of the devices were measured and analyzed at an injection current of 50 mA; it was observed that the strongest red light intensity was 93.1 cd/m2 and the external quantum efficiency was 5.7% at a wavelength of approximately 708 nm when CsPbI3/TOPO was 1:0.35.

Effects of electron-withdrawing groups in imidazole-phenanthroline ligands and their influence on the photophysical properties of EuIII complexes for white light-emitting diodes

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (18) ◽  
pp. 9826-9839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boddula Rajamouli ◽  
Rachna Devi ◽  
Abhijeet Mohanty ◽  
Venkata Krishnan ◽  
Sivakumar Vaidyanathan
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Quantum Yield ◽  
White Light ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Photophysical Properties ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Europium Complexes ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
White Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Phenanthroline Ligands

The red light emitting diode (LED) was fabricated by using europium complexes with InGaN LED (395 nm) and shown digital images, corresponding CIE color coordinates (red region) as well as obtained highest quantum yield of the thin film (78.7%).

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