Review of energy efficiency in controlled environment agriculture

N Engler, M Krarti - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) applications, such as vertical farms and
plant factories, have the potential to shift food production to be close to urban centers …

Cellular, molecular, and physiological aspects of in vitro plant regeneration

SS Bidabadi, SM Jain - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plants generally have the highest regenerative ability because they show a high degree of
developmental plasticity. Although the basic principles of plant regeneration date back many …

Blue and Red LED Illumination Improves Growth and Bioactive Compounds Contents in Acyanic and Cyanic Ocimum basilicum L. Microgreens

A Lobiuc, V Vasilache, O Pintilie, T Stoleru… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Microgreens are an excellent source of health-maintaining compounds, and the
accumulation of these compounds in plant tissues may be stimulated by exogenous stimuli …

Beyond vegetables: effects of indoor LED light on specialized metabolite biosynthesis in medicinal and aromatic plants, edible flowers, and microgreens

E Appolloni, G Pennisi, I Zauli, L Carotti… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Specialized metabolites from plants are important for human health due to their antioxidant
properties. Light is one of the main factors modulating the biosynthesis of specialized …

Effects of light on secondary metabolite biosynthesis in medicinal plants

S Zhang, L Zhang, H Zou, L Qiu, Y Zheng… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Secondary metabolites (SMs) found in medicinal plants are one of main sources of drugs,
cosmetics, and health products. With the increase in demand for these bioactive …

[HTML][HTML] Essential oils content, composition and antioxidant activity of lemon balm, mint and sweet basil from Serbia

ZS Ilić, L Milenković, N Tmušić, L Stanojević… - Lwt, 2022 - Elsevier
Lemon balm, mint, and basil were used to determine whether light modification (plants
grown under pearl shade nets with 40% shaded index or in un-shaded open field) could …

Current review of the modulatory effects of LED lights on photosynthesis of secondary metabolites and future perspectives of microgreen vegetables

O Alrifai, X Hao, MF Marcone… - Journal of agricultural and …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Light-emitting diode (LED) lights have recently been applied in controlled environment
agriculture toward growing vegetables of various assortments, including microgreens …

Effect of LED lights on the growth, nutritional quality and glucosinolate content of broccoli, cabbage and radish microgreens

K Demir, G Sarıkamış, GÇ Seyrek - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of red (R), blue (B) and far-red (FR) LED lights and their combination
(R+ B, R+ FR, B+ FR, R+ B+ FR) together with white (W) LED light as control, on the growth …

Exploring the landscape of controlled environment agriculture research: A systematic scoping review of trends and topics

A Dsouza, L Newman, T Graham, EDG Fraser - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Controlled environment agriculture (CEA), as vertical farms or plant factories, is a
promising technology to intensify food production in an ecologically friendly manner. CEA's …

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 …