Paper · 2023 · Horticulturae

The Influence of the Spectral Composition and Light Intensity on the Morphological and Biochemical Parameters of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) in Vertical Farming

Natalya A. Semenova; Yuri A. Proshkin; Alexandr A. Smirnov; et al.

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Abstract

The present study has been carried out to determine the effects of four different illuminators with red, far-red, blue, and white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the growth, morphology, pigment composition, and chlorophyll fluorescence of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) of the ‘Zhirnolistny’ cultivar. We investigated these variants in two photon flux densities, 400–800 nm (PFD) 120 µmol m−2 s−1 and 180 µmol m−2 s−1. The studies were carried out in a climate chamber. Plant measurements were carried out on the 30th and 45th days of cultivation. The results showed that during the period of active growth, on the 30th day, spinach plants accumulated 2.6 and 2.4 times more fresh weight in the variant with a higher PFD (180 µmol m−2 s−1). At the end of the growing season, only a decrease in PFD had an effect on the fresh and dry weight of plants. The highest concentration of chlorophyll on both the 30th and 45th days of vegetation was found when spinach plants were grown under red-blue (RB) LEDs in a spectrum proportion of R70:B30. It was found that the variants had a higher proportion of green radiation in the spectrum of illuminators with PFD 180 µmol m−2 s−1, and the nitrate content in spinach was slightly lower than in other variants.

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On day 30, spinach in the higher-PFD variant (180) accumulated 2.6 times more fresh weight.

Material
Zhirnolistnye2
Treatment
a higher PFDe1
Outcome
fresh weighte1
Direction
moree1
Value
2.6e1
Qualifier
on the 30th daye1
Setting
climate chambere3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“on the 30th day, spinach plants accumulated 2.6 and 2.4 times more fresh weight in the variant with a higher PFD”

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“spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) of the ‘Zhirnolistny’ cultivar”

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“The studies were carried out in a climate chamber”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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On day 30, spinach in another higher-PFD variant accumulated 2.4 times more fresh weight.

Material
Zhirnolistnye2
Treatment
a higher PFDe1
Outcome
fresh weighte1
Direction
moree1
Value
2.4e1
Qualifier
on the 30th daye1
Setting
climate chambere3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“on the 30th day, spinach plants accumulated 2.6 and 2.4 times more fresh weight in the variant with a higher PFD”

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“spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) of the ‘Zhirnolistny’ cultivar”

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“The studies were carried out in a climate chamber”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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At the end of the season only a decrease in PFD affected fresh and dry weight of spinach plants; the direction was not stated.

Material
Zhirnolistnye2
Treatment
a decrease in PFDe4
Outcome
fresh and dry weighte4
Setting
climate chambere3

Not reportedDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) of the ‘Zhirnolistny’ cultivar”

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“The studies were carried out in a climate chamber”

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“At the end of the growing season, only a decrease in PFD had an effect on the fresh and dry weight of plants”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The highest chlorophyll concentration on days 30 and 45 was found in spinach grown under red-blue (RB) LEDs at R70:B30.

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red-blue (RB) LEDs in a spectrum proportion of R70:B30e5
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concentration of chlorophylle5
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higheste5
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on both the 30th and 45th days of vegetatione5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The highest concentration of chlorophyll on both the 30th and 45th days of vegetation was found when spinach plants were grown under red-blue (RB) LEDs in a spectrum proportion of R70:B30”

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Nitrate content in spinach was slightly lower in the PFD 180 variants than in other variants.

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nitrate contente6
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lowere6
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slightlye6
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other variantse6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the nitrate content in spinach was slightly lower than in other variants”

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