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2 articles for “Microgreens”
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MICROGREENS: A NOBEL FUNCTIONAL FOOD AND ITS IMPORTANCE
Abstract: Abstract The rise in the living standards especially in urban dwellers rely heavily on lengthy food supply chains originated in rural areas, leading to limited access to perishable produce and logistical challenges in transportation. Consequently, numerous urban areas are categorised as ‘food desserts’, lacking adequate access to nutritious foods. Microgreens are young, miniature seedlings of vegetables and herbs, harvested when their cotyledons have fully expanded and their pair of true …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2024 Read article
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INFLUENCE OF SPIRULINA PLATENSIS ON GROWTH OF CHINESE CABBAGE AS A BIOSTIMULANT
Abstract: In this article products derived from a blue-green microalgae filtrate of Spirulina platensis (used for seed soaking and foliar spray) were tested in the cultivation of microgreen Chinese cabbage or bok choy or Brassica rapa spp chinensis. The effect of shoot length, root length, multielemental composition was studied using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry, multielemental analyses of algal products and chinese cabbage were conducted inductive coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry …
Published in International Journal of Plant Biotechnology · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 22–30 Read article