Claim · model-written summary
Pak choi showed higher constitutive levels of chlorophyll a, anthocyanins and key osmotic ions than mibuna.
- Taxon
- Pak choie1
- Outcome
- constitutive levels of chlorophyll a, anthocyanins, and key osmotic ionse1
- Direction
- highere1
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Verbatim
e1“Pak choi showed higher constitutive levels of chlorophyll a, anthocyanins, and key osmotic ions”
Title
Michele Ciriello; Christophe El-Nakhel; Giovanna Marta Fusco; et al. Plants 2026. doi:10.3390/plants15030465
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Mibuna had a higher dry matter content, approximately 7%, compared with 5.86% in pak choi.
- Intervention effect Using peat increased fresh yield of Brassica microgreens by more than 50% compared with the substrate-free system.
- Intervention effect Using peat increased dry yield of Brassica microgreens by almost 48% compared with the substrate-free system.
- Intervention effect Peat increased malate in Brassica microgreens by 277%.
- Intervention effect Peat increased citrate in Brassica microgreens by 102%.
- Observation Nitrate concentrations in the microgreens remained low and within safe limits for leafy vegetables in all treatments.
- Association Species identity and the cultivation system significantly shaped overall microgreen performance under low-input conditions.