Light Quality Dependent Changes in Morphology, Antioxidant Capacity, and Volatile Production in Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum).

摘要: Narrow-bandwidth light treatments may be used to manipulate plant growth, development and metabolism. In this report LED-based were affect yield metabolic content of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L. cv "Ceasar") grown in controlled environments. This culinary herb produces an aroma highly appreciated by consumers, primarily composed terpenes/terpenoids, phenylpropanoids, fatty-acid- derived volatile molecules. Basil plants under narrow-bandwidth conditions, leaf area, height, mass, antioxidant capacity emissions measured at various time points. The results indicate reproducible significant differences specific volatiles, biochemical classes compared greenhouse plants. For example, blue/red/yellow or blue/red/green wavelengths emit higher levels a subset monoterpenoid while blue/red/far-red treatment leads most sesquiterpenoid Specific increase content, capacity. show that illumination can induce discrete suites sensory quality commercial herbs, useful tool improving production.