LED color gradient as a new screening tool for rapid phenotyping of plant responses to light quality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increasing demand for local food production is fueling high interest in the development of controlled environment agriculture. In particular, LED technology brings energy-saving advantages together with the possibility of manipulating plant phenotypes through light quality control. However, optimizing light quality is required for each cultivated plant and specific purpose.

Findings

This article shows that the combination of LED gradient set-ups with imaging-based non-destructive plant phenotyping constitutes an interesting new screening tool with the potential to improve speed, logistics, and information output. To validate this concept, an experiment was performed to evaluate the effects of a complete range of red:blue ratios on 7 plant species: Arabidopsis

SUBMITTER: Lejeune P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848316 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature