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Article Morpho-Metric and Specialized Metabolites Modulation of Parsley Microgreens through Selective LED Wavebands
- Source :
- Agronomy; Volume 12; Issue 7; Pages: 1502
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Plant factories and high-tech greenhouses offer the opportunity to modulate plant growth, morphology and qualitative content through the management of artificial light (intensity, photoperiod and spectrum). In this study, three Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting systems, with blue (B, 460 nm), red (R, 650 nm) and mixed red + green-yellow + blue (RGB) light were used to grow parsley microgreens to understand how light quality could change the phenotype and the profile of secondary metabolites. Plants showed altered morphological characteristics and higher amounts of secondary metabolites under RGB LEDs treatment. The results demonstrated that microgreens under red light showed the highest fresh yield, petiole length, coumaric acid content but also the highest nitrate content. Plants under RGB light showed the highest dry matter percentage and highest content of total and single polyphenols content, while blue light showed the highest ascorbic acid and ABTS antioxidant activity. Moreover, microgreens under red light showed more compact leaves with less intercellular spaces, while under blue and RGB light, the leaves displayed ticker spongy mesophyll with higher percentage of intercellular spaces. Therefore, the specific spectral band was able to modify not only the metabolic profile, but also it could modulate the differentiation of mesophyll cells. Light quality as a preharvest factor helps to shape the final parsley microgreens product as a whole, not only in terms of yield and quality, but also from a morpho-anatomical point of view.
- Subjects :
- ion chromatography
monochromatic light, Petroselinum crispum, growth chamber, light-emitting diodes, controlled environment, HPLC, ion chromatography, light microscopy
controlled environment
monochromatic light
Petroselinum crispum
growth chamber
light-emitting diodes
HPLC
light microscopy
light-emitting diode
Agronomy and Crop Science
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Agronomy; Volume 12; Issue 7; Pages: 1502
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....706ae98157bad930b182bafac639c404