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Published on: July 1, 2019
Red and blue pulse timing control for pulse width modulation light dimming of light emitting diodes for plant
Aoi Shimada1, Yoshio Taniguchi
1Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano 386-8567, Japan. s_aoi@shinshu-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
A pulse width modulation (PWM) light dimming system containing red and blue light emitting diodes was designed and constructed. Cultivation of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana under various light dimming wave patterns was compared. Control of the pulse timing (phase of wave pattern) between red and blue light in PWM light dimming was examined. Different plant growth was obtained by changing the phase of red and blue pulses. Pulse timing control of PWM light dimming for plant cultivation has the potential to act as a method for probing photosynthesis.

