Claim · model-written summary
Dry weight was positively correlated with yield in Pennisetum microgreens grown under controlled environments.
- Taxon
- P. glaucum L. R. Br. var. Rijka Bajri
Cenchrus americanuse7 - Outcome
- dry weighte7
- Direction
- increaseinferrede7
- Value
- r = 0.539e7
- Setting
- controlled environmentse0
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Verbatim
e7“Phenotypic traits such as plant height ( r = 0.721), root length ( r = 0.657), dry weight ( r = 0.539), and nutrient transport ( r = 0.654) showed positive correlations with yield in P. glaucum L. R. Br. var. Rijka Bajri microgreens”
e0“in triplicates under controlled environments”
Title
Optimizing nutrient‐rich substrates for enriched yield in pea and bajra microgreens cultivation
Avinash Sharma; Basistha Chatterjee; Punabati Heisnam; et al. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems 2025. doi:10.1002/uar2.70013
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- Observation Pennisetum glaucum var. Rijka Bajri seeds showed hypogeal germination.
- Observation Pisum sativum var. Durga seeds showed epigeal germination.
- Intervention effect Pennisetum microgreens yielded 3–5 g, with substrates T8, T6, T5 and T7 showing the best performance.
- Intervention effect Pisum microgreens yielded 4.67–9 g, with substrates T1, T8 and T6 giving the highest yields.
- Observation Substrate T4 retained 1.7% N in Pennisetum microgreens after harvest.
- Observation Substrate T4 retained 0.811% P in Pennisetum microgreens after harvest.
- Observation Substrate T4 retained 4.57% K in Pennisetum microgreens after harvest.
- Observation Substrate T8 retained 2.2% N in Pisum microgreens after harvest.
- Observation Substrate T8 retained 0.068% P in Pisum microgreens after harvest.
- Observation Substrate T8 retained 39.6% K in Pisum microgreens after harvest.
- Association Plant height was positively correlated with yield in Pennisetum microgreens grown under controlled environments.
- Association Root length was positively correlated with yield in Pennisetum microgreens grown under controlled environments.
- Association Nutrient transport was positively correlated with yield in Pennisetum microgreens grown under controlled environments.
- Association Shoot length was positively correlated with yield in Pisum microgreens grown under controlled environments.
- Association Leaf area was positively correlated with yield in Pisum microgreens grown under controlled environments.
- Association Germination was positively correlated with yield in Pisum microgreens grown under controlled environments.
- Intervention effect Substrates T5, T3, T8, T1 and T6 enhanced phenotypic and metabolic processes in Pennisetum microgreens.
- Intervention effect Cocopeat with clayey-loam soil (T0, T1, T8 and T4) promoted biological and physiological growth of Pisum microgreens.
- Observation Pennisetum microgreens showed high trait diversity, with PC1 of 6.95.