Abstract
Microgreens and baby leaves are increasingly appreciated and consumed due to the increased concentrations of antioxidant compounds, vitamins, nutrients, and minerals than adult plants. The objective was to evaluate the effect of different substrates and protected environments on the growth of microgreen and baby leaf kale ( Brassica oleracea var. sabellica L.) and their contents of carotenoids and chlorophylls. The experiments were carried out in a completely randomized design in a factorial arrangement of 4 × 2 (four environments × two substrates) for the microgreens and 4 × 5 (four environments × five substrates) for the baby leaf, both with six replications. For microgreens, the Carolina Soil® commercial substrate promoted greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, productivity, chlorophyll a , chlorophyll b , total chlorophyll, and carotenoids in all evaluated environments. In the greenhouse with a screen of 35% shading under the film, greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, and productivity were obtained, and in the greenhouse with a screen of 42/50% shading under the film, higher contents of microgreen chlorophylls and carotenoids were obtained. For baby leaves, the greenhouse with 42/50% shading screen under the film promoted plants with greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, and productivity in all substrates. The baby leaf grown in the greenhouse with a screen of 35% shading under the film showed higher chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in the pure Carolina Soil® substrate. For greater productivity, with higher contents of pigments, greenhouses with screens under the film and the use of organomineral commercial substrate are the most suitable for microgreen and baby leaf kale.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Carolina Soil promoted microgreen height, fresh matter and dry matter across environments.
- Taxon
- kale
Brassica oleracea var. viridist0 - Organ / stage
- microgreense0
- Treatment
- Carolina Soil® commercial substratee0
- Outcome
- height, fresh matter, dry mattere0
- Direction
- greatere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For microgreens, the Carolina Soil® commercial substrate promoted greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, productivity, chlorophyll a , chlorophyll b , total chlorophyll, and carotenoids in all evaluated environments.”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
Carolina Soil promoted microgreen productivity across environments.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Organ / stage
- microgreense0
- Treatment
- Carolina Soil® commercial substratee0
- Outcome
- productivitye0
- Direction
- greatere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For microgreens, the Carolina Soil® commercial substrate promoted greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, productivity, chlorophyll a , chlorophyll b , total chlorophyll, and carotenoids in all evaluated environments.”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
Carolina Soil promoted microgreen chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Organ / stage
- microgreense0
- Treatment
- Carolina Soil® commercial substratee0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll a , chlorophyll b , total chlorophylle0
- Direction
- greatere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For microgreens, the Carolina Soil® commercial substrate promoted greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, productivity, chlorophyll a , chlorophyll b , total chlorophyll, and carotenoids in all evaluated environments.”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
Carolina Soil promoted microgreen carotenoids.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Organ / stage
- microgreense0
- Treatment
- Carolina Soil® commercial substratee0
- Outcome
- carotenoidse0
- Direction
- greatere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For microgreens, the Carolina Soil® commercial substrate promoted greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, productivity, chlorophyll a , chlorophyll b , total chlorophyll, and carotenoids in all evaluated environments.”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
A 35% shade screen increased microgreen height, fresh matter and dry matter.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Treatment
- screen of 35% shading under the filme0
- Outcome
- height, fresh matter, dry mattere0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the greenhouse with a screen of 35% shading under the film, greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, and productivity were obtained”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
A 35% shade screen increased microgreen productivity.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Treatment
- screen of 35% shading under the filme0
- Outcome
- productivitye0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the greenhouse with a screen of 35% shading under the film, greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, and productivity were obtained”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
A 42/50% shade screen increased microgreen chlorophylls and carotenoids.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Treatment
- screen of 42/50% shading under the filme0
- Outcome
- microgreen chlorophylls and carotenoidse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“in the greenhouse with a screen of 42/50% shading under the film, higher contents of microgreen chlorophylls and carotenoids were obtained.”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
A 42/50% shade screen increased baby leaf height, fresh matter and dry matter across substrates.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Organ / stage
- baby leavese0
- Treatment
- 42/50% shading screen under the filme0
- Outcome
- height, fresh matter, dry mattere0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For baby leaves, the greenhouse with 42/50% shading screen under the film promoted plants with greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, and productivity in all substrates.”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
A 42/50% shade screen increased baby leaf productivity across substrates.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Organ / stage
- baby leavese0
- Treatment
- 42/50% shading screen under the filme0
- Outcome
- productivitye0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For baby leaves, the greenhouse with 42/50% shading screen under the film promoted plants with greater height, fresh matter, dry matter, and productivity in all substrates.”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
A 35% shade screen raised baby leaf chlorophyll and carotenoids in pure Carolina Soil.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Organ / stage
- baby leafe0
- Treatment
- screen of 35% shading under the filme0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll and carotenoid contentse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- pure Carolina Soil® substratee0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The baby leaf grown in the greenhouse with a screen of 35% shading under the film showed higher chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in the pure Carolina Soil® substrate.”
t0“kale”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors recommend screens under film and organomineral substrate for productive, pigment-rich kale.
- Taxon
- kaleBrassica oleracea var. viridist0
- Outcome
- greenhouses with screens under the film and the use of organomineral commercial substrate are the most suitablee0
- Qualifier
- greater productivity, with higher contents of pigmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For greater productivity, with higher contents of pigments, greenhouses with screens under the film and the use of organomineral commercial substrate are the most suitable for microgreen and baby leaf kale.”
t0“kale”
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