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The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens
Yield is impacted by the environmental conditions that plants are exposed to. Controlled environmental agriculture provides growers with an opportunity to
Will Claydon, Phoebe Sutton, Ethan J. Redmond, Gina Y.W. Vong, Alana Kluczkovski, A. Thomas, Katherine Denby, Daphne Ezer
Quantitative Plant Biology · 2025 · https://doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2025.10003
Abstract
Yield is impacted by the environmental conditions that plants are exposed to. Controlled environmental agriculture provides growers with an opportunity to fine-tune environmental conditions for optimising yield and crop quality. However, space and time constraints will limit the number of experimental conditions that can be tested, which will, in turn, limit the resolution to which environmental conditions can be optimised. Here we present an innovative experimental approach that utilises the existing heterogeneity in light quantity and quality across a vertical farm to evaluate hundreds of environmental conditions concurrently. Using an observational study design, we identify features in light quality that are most predictive of biomass in different kinds of microgreens (kale, radish and sunflower) that may inform future iterations of lighting technology development for vertical farms.
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Will Claydon; Phoebe Sutton; Ethan J. Redmond; Gina Y.W. Vong; Alana Kluczkovski; A. Thomas; Katherine Denby; Daphne Ezer (2025). The impact of light heterogeneity in controlled environment agriculture on biomass of microgreens. Quantitative Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2025.10003 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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