Table 1.
Main effects of species (amaranth and turnip greens) and LED treatment (W = white, B = blue, R = red) on plant height, fresh biomass, and dry biomass percentage of microgreens.
| Seedling Height (H, cm) |
Fresh Biomass (FW, mg·Plant−1) |
Dry Biomass (DW, %) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species (S) | Amaranth | 3.9 ± 0.2 b | 18.5 ± 1.8 b | 5.4 ± 0.4 |
| Turnip greens | 5.4 ± 0.2 a | 66.4 ± 2.8 a | 5.2 ± 0.3 | |
| LED treatments (L) | W | 3.9 ± 0.4 c | 37.1 ± 9.9 b | 5.9 ± 0.3 a |
| B | 5.2 ± 0.4 a | 50.1 ± 11.8 a | 5.9 ± 0.3 a | |
| R | 4.9 ± 0.2 b | 40.2 ± 10.8 b | 4.2 ± 0.1 b | |
| Significance | S | *** | *** | ns |
| L | *** | *** | *** | |
| S × L | ** | ns | ns |
Values (mean ± se) within each column, followed by the same letter, do not significantly differ at p ≤ 0.05 according to Tukey’s test; ns = not significant; significant at p ≤ 0.01 (**) and 0.001 (***). Three biological replicates were used for measurements (n = 3).