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. 2020 Aug 5;68(33):8757–8763. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c03851

Table 2. Height (mm), Fresh Weight of 10 Individuals, and dry Matter Concentration (%) of Wheatgrass Grown with Different Light Treatments, all Having the Same Total Incident PFD of 200 μmol m–2 s–1a,b.

light treatment height (mm) fresh weight (g) of 10 individuals dry matter concentration (%)
B100 145 (±0.0)d 1.00 (±0.036)cd 14.2 (±0.17)
B75R25 172 (±7.3)c 1.05 (±0.C83)bcd 14.9 (±0.13)
B50R50 175 (±2.9)c 0.94 (±0.066)d 15.0 (±0.37)
B25R75 193 (±1.7)b 1.16 (±0.015)bc 14.2 (±0.45)
R100 202 (±6.0)ab 1.45 (±0.075)a 13.5 (±0.58)
WIDE 212 (±3.3)a 1.20 (±0.052)b 13.6 (±0.39)
F test      
significance ** ** n.s.
LSD 1.3 0.182 1.17
a

Standard errors in the brackets. LSD: least significance difference for P = 0.05; n.s.: not significant.

b

B100: only blue light; R100: only red light; B75R25: blue 75% + red 25% of total PFD; B50R50: blue 50% + red 50% of total PFD; B25R75: blue 25% + red 75% of total PFD; WIDE = wide spectrum, composed of blue 18% + red 18% + intermediate wavelengths for the remaining 64% of total PFD.