Abstract
The effect of lighting basil with LED DR/B LB (Light Emitting Diode deep red/blue low blue) lamps throughout the cultivation cycle or for only 7 days before harvest, after the period of using HPS (High Pressure Sodium) lamps, was studied in comparison with the use of HPS lamps only, at the same light intensity. Plants of two Genovese type basil cultivars, recommended for pot and hydroponic cultivation, were used for the experiment. Plant growth observations were made and herb and leaf yields, dry matter, nitrates, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, total sugars, total soluble solids, ascorbic acid, chlorophylls, and carotenoids were determined. Plants of both tested basil cultivars grown under LED lighting were characterized by a higher content of ascorbic acid, carotenoids, and sugars and a lower content of nitrates than those grown under HPS lights. In plants grown under LED lighting only, nitrate content was on average 31% lower than under HPS lamps. The use of LEDs for the last 7 days of cultivation resulted in a significant reduction in nitrate content in only one of the studied cultivars. Further research on the effect of lighting type on sweet basil yield and quality, depending on other factors, both genetic and environmental, is recommended.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record; open copy licensed cc-by. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
LED lighting gave basil higher ascorbic acid, carotenoids and sugars than HPS lighting
- Taxon
- Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicumt0 - Treatment
- LED lightinge1
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid, carotenoids, and sugarse1
- Direction
- highere1
- Qualifier
- both tested basil cultivarse1
- Comparator
- HPS lightse1
- Setting
- Hydroponic Productiont0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in Hydroponic Production”
e1“Plants of both tested basil cultivars grown under LED lighting were characterized by a higher content of ascorbic acid, carotenoids, and sugars and a lower content of nitrates than those grown under HPS lights”
Claim · model-written summary
LED lighting gave basil lower nitrate content than HPS lighting in both cultivars
- Taxon
- Sweet BasilOcimum basilicumt0
- Treatment
- LED lightinge1
- Outcome
- content of nitratese1
- Direction
- lowere1
- Qualifier
- both tested basil cultivarse1
- Comparator
- HPS lightse1
- Setting
- Hydroponic Productiont0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in Hydroponic Production”
e1“Plants of both tested basil cultivars grown under LED lighting were characterized by a higher content of ascorbic acid, carotenoids, and sugars and a lower content of nitrates than those grown under HPS lights”
Claim · model-written summary
Under LED lighting only, basil nitrate content averaged 31% lower than under HPS lamps
- Taxon
- Sweet BasilOcimum basilicumt0
- Treatment
- LED lighting onlye2
- Outcome
- nitrate contente2
- Direction
- lowere2
- Value
- 31%e2
- Qualifier
- on averagee2
- Comparator
- HPS lampse2
- Setting
- Hydroponic Productiont0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in Hydroponic Production”
e2“In plants grown under LED lighting only, nitrate content was on average 31% lower than under HPS lamps”
Claim · model-written summary
LEDs for the last 7 days of cultivation significantly reduced nitrate content in only one of the two cultivars
- Taxon
- Sweet BasilOcimum basilicumt0
- Treatment
- The use of LEDs for the last 7 days of cultivatione3
- Outcome
- nitrate contente3
- Direction
- reductione3
- Qualifier
- in only one of the studied cultivarse3
- Setting
- Hydroponic Productiont0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in Hydroponic Production”
e3“The use of LEDs for the last 7 days of cultivation resulted in a significant reduction in nitrate content in only one of the studied cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Further research on lighting type effects on sweet basil yield and quality is recommended
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume4
- Outcome
- yield and qualitye4
- Qualifier
- depending on other factors, both genetic and environmentale4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in Hydroponic Production”
e4“Further research on the effect of lighting type on sweet basil yield and quality, depending on other factors, both genetic and environmental, is recommended”
The same questions in other papers
light · nutrient: content · Ocimum basilicum (basil)Positive and negative results
4 papers in the same direction as this paper · 1 in the opposite direction
- positive
- negative
- positive
2 papers more in this group
See all 6 papers →light · physiology: pigments · Ocimum basilicum (basil)Positive and negative results
6 papers in the same direction as this paper · 4 in the opposite direction
- positive
- no effect
- no effect
7 papers more in this group
See all 11 papers →light · molecular: metabolites · Ocimum basilicum (basil)Positive and negative results
19 papers in the same direction as this paper · 5 in the opposite direction
- no effect
- positive
- positive
21 papers more in this group
See all 25 papers →Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.