1. Evaluation of growth and nutritional value of Brassica microgreens grown under red, blue and green LEDs combinations
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Asmaa Abdel Salam, Ahmed Attia, Khaled Y. Kamal, Raúl Herranz, Ahmed A. El-Tantawy, Diaa Abdel Moneim, Amr Nassrallah, Salwa M. A. I. Ash-shormillesy, Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan, Mortaza Khodaeiaminjan, Mohamed A. El-Esawi, Mohamed A. Ali, European Commission, Dubai Future Foundation, Kamal, Khaled Y. [0000-0002-6909-8056], Khodaeiaminjan, Mortaza [0000-0002-4039-1144], El-Tantawy, Ahmed-Abdalla [0000-0001-6590-9467], Attia, Ahmed [0000-0002-6751-6584], Herranz, Raúl [0000-0002-0246-9449], Mohamed A. El-Esawi [0000-0002-8871-5689], Nasrallah, Amr A. [0000-0002-2229-2855], Ramadan, Mohamed Fawzy [0000-0002-5431-8503], Kamal, Khaled Y., Khodaeiaminjan, Mortaza, El-Tantawy, Ahmed-Abdalla, Attia, Ahmed, Herranz, Raúl, Mohamed A. El-Esawi, Nasrallah, Amr A., and Ramadan, Mohamed Fawzy
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Light ,Physiology ,Vegetative reproduction ,Nutritional composition ,Brassica ,Plant Science ,Biology ,Health benefits ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,Human health ,law ,Genetics ,Humans ,Tatsoi ,Lighting ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Microgreen ,Plant Leaves ,Horticulture ,030104 developmental biology ,Nutritive Value ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Light-emitting diode - Abstract
39 p.-7 fig.-2 tab.-9 tab. supl., Microgreens are rich functional crops with valuable nutritional elements that have health benefits when used as food supplements. Growth characterization,nutritional composition profile of 21 varieties representing five species of the Brassica genus asmicrogreens were assessed under light-emitting diodes(LEDs) conditions. Microgreens were grown under four different LEDs ratios(%); red:blue 80:20 and 20:80 (R80:B20 and R20:B80), or red:green:blue 70:10:20 and 20:10:70 (R70:G10:B20 and R20:G10:B70). Results indicated that supplemental lighting with green LEDs (R70:G10:B20) enhanced vegetative growth and morphology, while blue LEDs (R20:B80) increased the mineral and vitamin contents. Interestingly, by linking the nutritional content with the growth yield to define the optimal LEDs setup, we found that the best lighting to promote the microgreen growth was the green LEDs combination (R70:G10:B20). Remarkably, under the green LEDs combination (R70:G10:B20) conditions,the microgreens of Kohlrabi purple, Cabbage red, Broccoli, Kale Tucsan, Komatsuna red, Tatsoi and Cabbage green, which can benefit human health in conditions with limited food, had the highest growth and nutritional content., This research work is a part of a project received seed funding from the Dubai Future Foundation through the Guaana.com open research platform(grant no. MBR026). Dr. Mortaza is supported from ERDF project “Plants as a tool from sustainable global development” No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000827.
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- 2020