LED Lighting Effects on the Growth and Development of Fruits and Vegetables
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Protected Culture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 May 2025 | Viewed by 1059
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Environmental physiology, horticultural sciences, greenhouse technology, precision agriculture
Interests: infectious diseases; Carnosol; in vitro; cultures; rosmarinus officinalis; rosemary; quantification; temporary immersion system; 6-benzylaminopurine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In horticultural production systems, light characteristics play a pivotal role in determining plant growth and morphology, as they do in flowering, final crop yield, and fruit quality. Artificial lighting utilizing light emitting diodes (LED lighting) allows for a more controlled growth environment that can improve the productivity of fruits and vegetables. In addition to the emission of specific wavelengths, LED lighting is more energy efficient than other light sources, which makes it particularly attractive in terms of reducing production costs.
The purpose of this Special Issue on “LED Lighting: Promoting the Growth and Development of Fruits and Vegetables” is to present innovative studies that have been successful in determining the advantages and possible drawbacks of the use of LED lighting in horticultural production. The use of LED lighting to improve growth conditions, either by providing optimum photosynthetic conditions, reduced-temperature production conditions, increased chlorophyll or photosynthetic pigments, or other effects on horticultural production systems, is of utmost interest for the production of high-quality commodities.
Dr. Juan Ignacio Valiente-Banuet
Dr. Hector Nuñez-Palenius
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental physiology
- flowering
- fruit quality
- fruit set
- LED lighting characteristics
- plant morphology
- spectra
- supplementary lighting
- yield
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