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Title: | Light-Time-Biomass Response Model for Predicting the Growth of Choy Sum (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis) in Soil-Based LED-Constructed Indoor Plant Factory for Efficient Seedling Production | Authors: | Huang, Jim Junhui D’Souza, Craig Zhou, Weibiao |
Keywords: | Akaike information criterion biomass choy sum light-time-biomass response model morphology white LED light intensity |
Issue Date: | 7-Jun-2021 | Publisher: | Frontiers Media S.A. | Citation: | Huang, Jim Junhui, D’Souza, Craig, Zhou, Weibiao (2021-06-07). Light-Time-Biomass Response Model for Predicting the Growth of Choy Sum (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis) in Soil-Based LED-Constructed Indoor Plant Factory for Efficient Seedling Production. Frontiers in Plant Science 12 : 623682. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.623682 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | Little is known about how exactly light plays its role in the growth of choy sum (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis), a widely cultivated vegetable in Asia. By applying a commercial soil using black peat as major constituent with 17:10:14 ratio of NPK fertilizer in this study, the growth responses of choy sum seedling to progressively increasing white LED light intensity in an indoor plant factory were investigated, where positive enhancements were observed in choy sum morphology and growth including both dry and fresh mass accumulation under higher light intensity till 400 μmol/(m2⋅s), then a reduction occurred due to light oversaturation and overheat. In indoor plant factory, the inhomogeneous distribution phenomenon of illumination level was inevitably occurred in indoor farm racks generally. For accurately evaluating the productivity of choy sum grown on such racks, a light-time-biomass response model of choy sum seedling grown at the seedling stage was thus established for the first time, which could reliably predict the production outcome of this species in indoor farming practice under various lighting condition and duration. The robustness of the model was further tested by model variation test and sufficient robustness of this model was confirmed. The new insight obtained for the light-dependence of choy sum growth and the light-time-biomass response model can be used to efficiently direct its seedling production in indoor plant factories. © Copyright © 2021 Huang, D’Souza and Zhou. | Source Title: | Frontiers in Plant Science | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/232065 | ISSN: | 1664-462X | DOI: | 10.3389/fpls.2021.623682 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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