Reduced Daily Light Integral at the End of Production Can Delay Tipburn Incidence with a Yield Penalty in Indoor Lettuce Production

Indoor vertical farms that grow lettuce commonly encounter tipburn, which is an environmental disorder caused by calcium (Ca) deficiency during the late head-forming stages of lettuce. Characterized by marginal leaf necrosis of young expanding leaves, tipburn reduces marketable yield because of the...

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Main Authors: John Ertle, Chieri Kubota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) 2023-09-01
Series:HortScience
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Online Access:https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/58/10/article-p1217.xml