Novel approaches for sustainable horticultural crop production: Advances and prospects

O Lastochkina, S Aliniaeifard, M SeifiKalhor… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reduction of plant growth, yield and quality due to diverse environmental constrains along
with climate change significantly limit the sustainable production of horticultural crops. In this …

LED lighting to produce high-quality ornamental plants

A Trivellini, S Toscano, D Romano, A Ferrante - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The flexibility of LED technology, in terms of energy efficiency, robustness, compactness,
long lifetime, and low heat emission, as well as its applications as a sole source or …

Blue Light Improves Photosynthetic Performance and Biomass Partitioning toward Harvestable Organs in Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

S Moradi, M Kafi, S Aliniaeifard, SA Salami… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Saffron is a valuable plant and one of the most expensive spices worldwide. Nowadays,
there is a tendency to produce this crop in indoor plant production systems. However, the …

Assessment of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) to predict production and water productivity of lettuce in response to different light intensities and CO2 …

M Esmaili, S Aliniaeifard, M Mashal, KA Vakilian… - Agricultural water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The accurate estimation of water productivity (WP) and plant production becomes imperative
in planning and managing irrigation practices. Light intensity and CO 2 concentration are …

Postharvest application of single, multi-walled carbon nanotubes and nanographene oxide improves rose keeping quality

M Ahmadi-Majd, A Rezaei Nejad… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Keeping quality is frequently terminated by adverse water relations or oxidative stress. This
study was designed to evaluate whether postharvest application of single, multi-walled …

Essential oils prolonged the cut carnation longevity by limiting the xylem blockage and enhancing the physiological and biochemical levels

MA Gururani, AK Atteya, A Elhakem… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Postharvest characteristics, such as vase life and antimicrobial preservation of commercial
cut flowers are some of the major determinants of their market value worldwide. Extending …

Carbon nanotubes in the holding solution stimulate flower opening and prolong vase life in carnation

M Ahmadi-Majd, S Mousavi-Fard… - Chemical and Biological …, 2022 - Springer
Background Cut flower longevity is often limited by adverse water relations or oxidative
stress. The potential of single-and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs and MWCNTs …

Growth, biomass partitioning, and photosynthetic performance of chrysanthemum cuttings in response to different light spectra

M Moosavi-Nezhad, B Alibeigi, A Estaji, NS Gruda… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) is among the most popular ornamental
plants, propagated mainly through stem cuttings. There is a lack of information regarding the …

Growth, photosynthetic function, and stomatal characteristics of Persian walnut explants in vitro under different light spectra

SA Saeedi, K Vahdati, S Sarikhani… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Light plays a crucial role in photosynthesis, which is an essential process for plantlets
produced during in vitro tissue culture practices and ex vitro acclimatization. LED lights are …

The role of blue and red light in the orchestration of secondary metabolites, nutrient transport and plant quality

A Trivellini, S Toscano, D Romano, A Ferrante - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Light is a fundamental environmental parameter for plant growth and development because
it provides an energy source for carbon fixation during photosynthesis and regulates many …