Forcing Long-Day Perennials into Flower with High-Intensity LEDs

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October 3, 2019 - Author: Anthony Soster, Kellie Walters, Brian Poel, Melanie Yelton, and Roberto Lopez

Providing long-day perennial plants with supplemental lighting containing greater than 15 μmol∙m–2∙s–1 of blue light is as effective at inducing flowering as low-intensity day extension lighting and sup­plemental lighting from HPS lamps.  

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Tags: floriculture, herbaceous perennial production, light management in greenhouses and controlled environments

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