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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 37-44.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0626

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Effects of Supplemental Light Quality and Duration on the Growth and Carbon Metabolism of Leaves of Greenhouse-grown Sweet Pepper

DUAN Qingqing(), HAN Meimei, TAN Yueqiang, ZHANG Zikun()   

  1. Dezhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Dezhou, Shandong 253015
  • Received:2022-07-28 Revised:2022-09-13 Online:2023-01-05 Published:2022-12-27
  • Contact: ZHANG Zikun E-mail:dqqsjtu@163.com;13853455807@163.com

Abstract:

To explore the effect of LED (light emitting diode) supplemental light on the growth and carbon metabolism of leaves of greenhouse-grown sweet pepper (Capsium annuum), ‘Aodaili’ was chosen as the material to investigate the effects of different light qualities and duration on the growth, mineral elements’ content, sugar content and activities of key carbon metabolic enzymes. The LED as light source was provided with three light qualities, including the ratio of red (R) and blue (B) light of 2:1(2R1B), 4:1(4R1B) and 8:1(8R1B), and three supplemental light duration, including 2 h (18:00-20:00), 4 h (18:00-22:00) and 8 h (18:00-02:00 next day), and no supplemental light was taken as the control (CK). The results showed that the growth and carbon metabolism of leaves of sweet pepper were significantly affected by light quality and light duration, which had an interaction between them. Compared with those of CK, the specific leaf weight (SLW), the contents of potassium, fructose and starch significantly decreased under 2R1B treatment; while the leaf number, total leaf area, total chlorophyll content, biomass net assimilation rate (NAR), total sugar content, and the activities of acid invertase (AI), neutral invertase (NI) and sucrose synthase (SS) were significantly higher than those of CK under 4R1B or 8R1B. Moreover, the 8R1B treatment was slightly better than 4R1B treatment, indicating that increasing the proportion of red light was beneficial to leaf growth and carbon metabolism. Light quality had no significant effect on the contents of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium in leaves of sweet pepper. Under the same light quality, the leaf number, SLW, leaf area index (LAI), NAR, total sugar content, fructose content, starch content and the activities of AI, NI, SS and sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) of sweet pepper increased gradually with the duration of supplemental light except the 2R1B treatment. Moreover, these indexes were significantly higher under light treatment of 8 h than those under 2 h. In conclusion, increasing the proportion of red light and the duration of supplemental light is beneficial to the leaf growth, and can improve carbon metabolism and sugar content, and increase dry matter accumulation. The treatment of 8 h under 8R1B is optimal for sweet pepper.

Key words: sweet pepper, light quality, supplemental light duration, growth, carbon metabolism

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