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. 2017 Jun 20;8:1076. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01076

Table 1.

A summary of the major physiological traits determined by analysis of leaf gas exchanges shown in Figures 6, 7 above.

Light Treatment Light compensation point (μmol m−2 s−1) Quantum efficiency Pnmax
NCER (μmol m−2 s−1) Ci (μmol mol−1) E (mmol H2O m−2 s−1) WUE (μmol CO2/mmol H2O)
Red-Blue 21.40 (1.06)b 0.0035 (8.8 × 10−5)a 20.75 (0.71)a 292.52 (13.80)ab 3.17 (0.40)ab 5.78 (0.57)ab
Red-White 40.55 (0.72)a 0.0034 (5.8 × 10−5)a 20.51 (0.28)a 296.04 (4.70)ab 2.63 (0.11)ab 6.20 (0.23)ab
White 32.22 (2.36)ab 0.0036 (3.3 × 10−5)a 18.47 (0.58)ab 278.39 (10.74)ab 2.41 (0.29)ab 6.44 (0.79)ab
Red 18.93 (0.18)b 0.0035 (1.2 × 10−4)a 18.80 (0.13)ab 295.44 (9.34)ab 2.84 (0.33)ab 5.90 (0.68)ab
Blue 37.98 (2.47)a 0.0029 (2.0 × 10−4)a 17.49 (0.05)ab 324.43 (5.86)a 3.45 (0.24)a 3.79 (0.23)b
Green 22.63 (2.15)ab 0.0039 (5.0 × 10−4)a 16.19 (1.98)b 252.23 (18.58)b 1.76 (0.39)b 8.04 (0.72)a

The light compensation point, quantum efficiency, and Pnmax are calculated by f = yo + a(1−e(−b*x)) while Ci, E, and WUE are values at 700 μmol m−2 s−1 PAR for each LED light treatment tested. All values represent 3 leaf replicates and with the standard error (±), shown in parentheses. Letters (a,b) indicate significant difference within a column as determined by a one-way ANOVA with a Tukey Kramer adjustment (p < 0.05).