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Control of Morphology by Manipulating Light Quality and Daily Light Integral Using LEDs

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LED Lighting for Urban Agriculture

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In northern latitudes, supplemental lighting is utilized to increase the photosynthetic daily light integral in greenhouses during the winter months, which can fall as low as 1–5 mol m−2 d−1. Traditionally, supplemental lighting has been provided by high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps, but light-emitting diode (LED) technologies are now available for many greenhouse applications. The use of LEDs for supplemental lighting can be beneficial because wavelengths of light can be selected for applications such as the control of plant growth, development, morphology, and leaf color. However, delivering these precise wavelengths at moderately low intensities with ambient light already present in the greenhouse may prove ineffective at eliciting desired morphological characteristics. Regardless, LEDs have proven to be a viable option to provide supplemental lighting in the many controlled environments.

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  1. Department of Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture, Purdue University, 625 Agriculture Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2010, USA

    Joshua K. Craver

  2. Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1325, USA

    Roberto G. Lopez

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  1. Japan Plant Factory Association (NPO), Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

    Toyoki Kozai

  2. Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazuhiro Fujiwara

  3. Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Erik S. Runkle

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Craver, J.K., Lopez, R.G. (2016). Control of Morphology by Manipulating Light Quality and Daily Light Integral Using LEDs. In: Kozai, T., Fujiwara, K., Runkle, E. (eds) LED Lighting for Urban Agriculture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1848-0_15

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