Supplemental Carbon Dioxide and Light Improved Tomato and Pepper Seedling Growth and Yield

Authors

Alejandro Fierro, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Nicolas Tremblay
André Gosselin

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1994

Abstract

The experiment was conducted to determine the effects of CO, enrichment (900 μl·liter-1, 8 hours/day) in combination with supplementary lighting of 100 μmol·s-1·m-2 (16- h photoperiod) on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) seedling growth in the greenhouse and subsequent yield in the field. Enrichment with CO2 and supplementary lighting for » 3 weeks before transplanting increased accumulation of dry matter in shoots by » 50% compared with the control, while root dry weight increased 49% for tomato and 6270 for pepper. Early yields increased by =1570 and 11% for tomato and pepper, respectively.

Comments

© American Society for Horticultural Science 1994

Recommended Citation

Fierro, A., Gosselin, A., & Tremblay, N. (1994). Supplemental Carbon Dioxide and Light Improved Tomato and Pepper Seedling Growth and Yield. HortScience, 29(3), 152–154. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.29.3.152

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Publication Title

HortScience

DOI

10.21273/HORTSCI.29.3.152