Table 1.
Light Treatment | Light compensation point (μmol m−2 s−1) | Quantum efficiency | Pnmax | |||
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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).