Claim · model-written summary
Short-duration blue LED light before harvest significantly increased shoot β-carotene in broccoli microgreens relative to red and blue LED light.
- Taxon
- Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicae0 - Organ / stage
- shoot tissuee1
- Treatment
- short-duration blue LED treatment before harveste1
- Outcome
- β-carotenee1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- red and blue LED lighte2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Broccoli ( Brassica oleacea var. italica ) microgreens”
e1“the short-duration blue LED treatment before harvest significantly increased shoot tissue β-carotene ( P ≤ 0.05)”
e2“1) red and blue LED light”
Title
Dean A. Kopsell; Carl E. Sams Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 2013. doi:10.21273/jashs.138.1.31
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- Intervention effect Short-duration blue LED light before harvest significantly increased shoot boron (B), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo) in broccoli microgreens relative to red and blue LED light.
- Intervention effect Short-duration blue LED light before harvest significantly increased shoot sodium (Na), zinc (Zn) in broccoli microgreens relative to red and blue LED light.
- Intervention effect Short-duration blue LED light before harvest significantly increased shoot calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) in broccoli microgreens relative to red and blue LED light.
- Intervention effect Short-duration blue LED light before harvest significantly increased shoot magnesium (Mg), and sulfur (S) in broccoli microgreens relative to red and blue LED light.