Abstract
In the last decades, there has been a growing interest in the production of sprouts, since they are a highly nutritious food, particularly suitable for indoor farming in urban areas. Achieving sprout production in indoor systems requires an understanding of possible alterations induced by the microclimate. The aim of this study was to analyze the combined effect of presence/absence of light and high/low air relative humidity (RH) on mung bean sprouts. Morpho-anatomical development and functional anatomical traits in hypocotyl were quantified. The content of antioxidants, soluble sugars, and starch were measured for nutritional and functional purposes. Different RH regimes mainly induced morpho-anatomical modifications, while the presence/absence of light changed the content of antioxidant compounds. Increments in stele diameter at high RH suggest a higher water uptake and conductivity, compared to the low RH treatment; low RH and light induced anatomical traits improving plant water transport (reduced number of cortical layers) and increased the production of antioxidants. The overall results suggested that RH and light, already at the early stages of development, affect the plant's nutritional value. Therefore, the combination of light and low RH allows the production of antioxidant-rich mung bean sprouts to be used as a food supplement.
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Claim · model-written summary
Different relative humidity regimes mainly altered sprout morpho-anatomy.
- Taxon
- Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.)
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- Different RH regimese0
- Outcome
- morpho-anatomical modificationse0
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t0“Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts”
e0“Different RH regimes mainly induced morpho-anatomical modifications”
Claim · model-written summary
Presence versus absence of light changed antioxidant compound content.
- Taxon
- Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.)Vigna radiatat0
- Treatment
- presence/absence of lighte0
- Outcome
- content of antioxidant compoundse0
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t0“Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts”
e0“the presence/absence of light changed the content of antioxidant compounds”
Claim · model-written summary
High relative humidity increased stele diameter compared with low humidity.
- Taxon
- Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.)Vigna radiatat0
- Treatment
- high RHe0
- Outcome
- stele diametere0
- Direction
- Incrementse0
- Comparator
- the low RH treatmente0
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t0“Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts”
e0“Increments in stele diameter at high RH suggest a higher water uptake and conductivity, compared to the low RH treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
High humidity was interpreted to increase water uptake and conductivity relative to low humidity.
- Taxon
- Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.)Vigna radiatat0
- Treatment
- high RHe0
- Outcome
- water uptake and conductivitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- the low RH treatmente0
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t0“Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts”
e0“Increments in stele diameter at high RH suggest a higher water uptake and conductivity, compared to the low RH treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Low humidity with light reduced the number of cortical layers.
- Taxon
- Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.)Vigna radiatat0
- Treatment
- low RH and lighte0
- Outcome
- number of cortical layerse0
- Direction
- reducede0
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t0“Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts”
e0“low RH and light induced anatomical traits improving plant water transport (reduced number of cortical layers)”
Claim · model-written summary
Low humidity with light increased antioxidant production.
- Taxon
- Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.)Vigna radiatat0
- Treatment
- low RH and lighte0
- Outcome
- production of antioxidantse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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t0“Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts”
e0“low RH and light induced anatomical traits improving plant water transport (reduced number of cortical layers) and increased the production of antioxidants”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend light with low humidity for antioxidant-rich mung bean sprouts.
- Taxon
- mung beanVigna radiatae0
- Outcome
- the combination of light and low RH allows the production of antioxidant-rich mung bean sproutse0
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t0“Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts”
e0“the combination of light and low RH allows the production of antioxidant-rich mung bean sprouts to be used as a food supplement”
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