Manipulation of light intensity and spectrum for driving growth and metabolism to improve nutritional and nutraceutical quality of microgreens
Alessandro Borrelli·Roberta Paradiso·Juan Manuel del Corazón de Jesús Alonso Quintas·Emiliana Cecilia Sanchez·Farzaneh Zamani·V. Logegaray·Florencia Andrea Maseda
Microgreens, young edible seedlings of many plant species, harvested just a few weeks after germination, are increasingly valued for their high nutritional and nutraceutical properties. As interest in functional food and sustainable urban farming has been increased in the last years, optimizing microgreen production under controlled environment has become a key research topic. Light, as intensity, spectral composition and photoperiod, is one of the most influential factors in regulating plant gr