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Investigating the response of green and red spinach microgreen yield and chlorophyll content in varied light-emitting diode and plant nutrient
Abstract Light-Emitting Diode (LED) improves photosynthesis, vegetative development, seed germination, and chlorophyll content in a controlled-environment
Hari K. Simatupang, Aryanis Mutia Zahra, Lilik Sutiarso, A N K Sinaga, Muhammad Fahri Reza Pahlawan, H N Annisa, Edi Nugroho, Novita D. Pitaloka, L Rahmawati
IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1168/1/012004
Abstract
Abstract Light-Emitting Diode (LED) improves photosynthesis, vegetative development, seed germination, and chlorophyll content in a controlled-environment plant cultivation system. This study used LEDs as artificial grow illumination with 4 four distinct ratios, 100% blue, 100% red, 100% white, 67%:20%:13% red:blue:white, for 12 hours. Microgreens were watered twice daily with 250 ppm of plant nutrients, using a commercial AB mix and liquid organic fertilizer. Different LED ratios have varied lux and Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density (PPFD), i.e. 100 lux and 44.26 mol·m −2 ·s −1 PPFD for 100% blue; 600 lux and 20.32 mol·m −2 ·s −1 PPFD for 100% red; 1000 lux and 95.92 mol·m −2 ·s −1 PPFD for 100% white; 350 lux, and 37.33 mol·m −2 ·s −1 for 67%:20%:13% red:blue:white; with maintained 25-27°C of temperature and 70-80% of relative humidity. The 100% white LED lamp with AB Mix as plant nutrient resulted in the best growth of red and green spinach microgreens, with height, leaf area, fresh weight, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and total chlorophyll content of 2.98 cm, 1.32 cm 2 , 0.14 gr, 19.05 mg/ L, 11.38 mg/L, 19.76 mg/L for green spinach and 3.01 cm, 0.91 cm 2 , 0.08 g, 19.12 mg/L, 9.93 mg/L, 18.50 mg/L for red spinach.
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Hari K. Simatupang; Aryanis Mutia Zahra; Lilik Sutiarso; A N K Sinaga; Muhammad Fahri Reza Pahlawan; H N Annisa; Edi Nugroho; Novita D. Pitaloka; L Rahmawati (2023). Investigating the response of green and red spinach microgreen yield and chlorophyll content in varied light-emitting diode and plant nutrient. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1168/1/012004 Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Hosted by EVEC Athens (microgreens.org.gr). No changes were made to this article. Provided as-is, without warranties. EVEC Athens is not affiliated with, and this copy is not endorsed by, the authors or the publisher.
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