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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10): 24-30.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0305

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Effects of LED Light Intensity on Purple Leaf Lettuce Seedlings

DAI Lvye1(), ZHANG Xin1, TENG Yingzi1, GU Yiyin1, CHEN Li1, KONG Xiaoping2, HAN Yingyan1()   

  1. 1 Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application/ National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education/ College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206
    2 Xining Vegetable Technology Service Center, Xining 810003
  • Received:2022-04-20 Revised:2022-07-17 Online:2023-04-05 Published:2023-03-27

Abstract:

To explore the light intensity suitable for the growth of purple leaf lettuce seedlings in plant factories and greenhouses, the effects of light intensity of 6000, 12000, 18000, 24000 and 30000 lx on growth morphology, nutritional quality, photosynthetic pigment and photosynthetic characteristics of purple leaf lettuce seedlings were studied with ‘Beizisheng 3’ as the experimental material under the condition of white light quality unchanged. The results showed that under the light intensity of 30000 lx, purple leaf lettuce seedlings grew well and the biomass, chlorophyll a content, chlorophyll b content, carotenoid content, total chlorophyll, soluble protein content, soluble sugar content, vitamin C content, anthocyanin content, net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and stomatal conductance were the largest, while the nitrate content and intercellular CO2 concentration were the lowest. However, chlorophyll b content, carotenoid content, soluble protein content and transpiration rate had no significant difference compared with those under 24000 lx light intensity, and the plant height was the highest under 24000 lx light intensity. Under the condition of white light quality, the most suitable light intensity for the growth of purple leaf lettuce seedlings is 30000 lx.

Key words: light intensity, purple leaf lettuce seedlings, growth morphology, nutritional quality, photosynthetic pigment, photosynthetic characteristics