Abstract

Red and blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) are known to be effective for enhancing plant growth. The aim of this study was to evaluate the growth of strawberry plants under different red:blue light ratios from LEDs compared with high pressure sodium lamps (HPS). In this study, three ratios of red (661 nm) to blue (449 nm) LED light (5:1, 10:1 and 19:1) were applied and HPS was used as a control. Strawberry plants cultured under different ratios of red to blue LEDs showed higher plant height, leaf, runner, inflorescence and crown number, fresh mass, and dry mass accumulation than that of plants cultured under HPS. The significantly higher fresh and dry mass accumulation were observed for strawberry plants cultured under 10:1 and 19:1 ratio of red to blue LEDs than HPS. The treatment 19:1 ratio of red to blue LED was significantly higher in inflorescences number and crown number than the other treatments. These results indicate that inflorescence production of strawberry plants is promoted by a higher level of red to blue light.

Keywords

Fragaria x ananassa; high pressure sodium lamps; inflorescence number; light emitting diodes

Published in

Acta Horticulturae
2016, Volume: 1134, pages: 125-130
Book title: Proceedings of the VIII International Symposium on Light in Horticulture : East Lansing, Michigan, USA, May 22-26, 2016
ISBN: 978-94-62611-09-2
Publisher: International Society for Horticultural Science

Conference

VIII International Symposium on Light in Horticulture

UKÄ Subject classification

Food Science
Horticulture


Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1134.17

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/91916