Cos lettuce growth under pulsed light generated with full-wave rectification of 50 Hz sine-wave alternating-current power

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  • JISHI Tomohiro
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Grid Innovation Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
  • NISHINO Kyohei
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  • MATSUDA Ryo
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  • YANO Akira
    Institute of Environmental Systems Science, Shimane University
  • FUJIWARA Kazuhiro
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

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<p>　To drive LEDs for plant cultivation using an alternating-current (AC) power supply, full-wave rectification (FWR) is a reasonable method to supply a unidirectional forward current to LEDs because of the simple configuration and low energy loss of the rectification circuit. We grew cos lettuce hydroponically using a white LED light source that emitted continuous light, 100 Hz square-wave (SW) pulsed light, or pulsed light generated with FWR of 50 Hz sine-wave AC with the same averaged photosynthetic photon flux density of 150 µmol m-2 s-1. The results showed that shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, leaf area, and number of leaves did not differ significantly among the treatments. Plants grown under FWR pulsed light showed similar net photosynthetic rates under continuous light and SW pulsed light. Shoot fresh weight per power consumption was estimated to be significantly greater with FWR pulsed light than with continuous light, and we concluded that the use of FWR pulsed light without elaborated transformation to a flat waveform direct current is a promising lighting method to reduce the lighting cost.</p>

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