Research into Influence from Different Ranges of PAR Radiation on Efficiency and Biochemical Composition of Green Salad Foliage Biomass

Abstract

Results of the first photobiological studies of optimisation of LED phyto irradiators spectrum and irradiance level, when growing salad­greengrocers plants in greenhouses and plant factories in photoculture conditions, are presented in the article. The results are given as a series of producing capacity curves for salad and basil plants when irradiating by quasi­monochromatic spectrum for three PAR ranges: blue, green and red. In the experiment, levels of photosynthetic photon irradiance (70 ? 230) µmol/s·m2 and of irradiance (13 ? 60) W/m2 were varied within a wide range. “Rough” spectra of optical radiation action estimated over producing capacity of plants with different irradiance levels are given, and questions of additivity of different spectral radiation influence in forming vegetable biomass are considered. Evaluations of efficiency of various PAR intervals for synthesis of biochemical combinations determining nutrition facts of the studied cultures are performed.