Improved chilling tolerance in glasshouse-grown potted sweet basil by end-of-production, short-duration supplementary far red light.

ABSTRACT: Sweet basil is a popular culinary herb used in many cuisines around the world and is widely grown commercially for retail as a live potted plant. However, basil is easily damaged by temperatures below 12 °C meaning plants must be transported from the grower to the retailer in a warm transport chain, adding considerable commercial cost in temperate countries. Improvement of chilling tolerance has been demonstrated in post-harvest crops such as tomato fruits and, indeed, fresh cut basil, by manipulation of the red:far red ratio of light provided to plants throughout the photoperiod and for a significant duration of the growing process in controlled environment chambers. We tested the effectiveness of periodic short-duration end-of-production supplementary far red light treatments designed fo

SUBMITTER: Begum FU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468977 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature