Supplementary LED Interlighting Improves Yield and Precocity of Greenhouse Tomatoes in the Mediterranean

• Published in: Agronomy (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 7; p. 1002
• Main Authors: Paucek, Ivan, Pennisi, Giuseppina, Pistillo, Alessandro, Appolloni, Elisa, Crepaldi, Andrea, Calegari, Barbara, Spinelli, Francesco, Cellini, Antonio, Gabarrell, Xavier, Orsini, Francesco, Gianquinto, Giorgio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Experiments; Flux density; Fluxes; Food quality; Fruits; greenhouse cultivation; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouses; Horticulture; Humidity; Hydroponics; Light emitting diodes; light emitting diodes (LEDs); Lighting; Photosynthesis; photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD); Physiology; Plant growth; Ripening; Seasons; Software; Solanum lycopersicum; Solar radiation; Spring; Spring (season); Statistical analysis; Summer; supplemental interlighting; Tomatoes; Wool; yield; Italy

In Northern Europe, the use of light–emitting diodes (LEDs) is widely adopted in protected horticulture, enabling to enhance plant growth by ensuring needed radiative fluxes throughout seasons. Contrarily, the use of artificial lighting in Mediterranean greenhouse still finds limited applications. I...