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Enhanced Growth and Development of Cymbidium and Phalaenopsis Plantlets Cultured In Vitro Under Light-Emitting Diodes

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The usefulness of the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the growth of orchid plantlets is presented in this chapter. The construction of the Culture Pack-Rockwool (CP-RW) system and the LED Pack is described. When Phalaenopsis and Cymbidium plantlets were cultured using the CP-RW system under different blue to red LED ratios, the growth of plantlets was enhanced than those under plant growth fluorescent lamps (PGF). The positive effects of LED irradiation on plant growth indicate that LEDs will be a major light source for use in a wide range of micropropagation systems.

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This chapter was supported by the doctoral thesis “In vitro growth and physiological of some horticultural plantlets cultured under red and blue led light-emitting diodes (LEDs)” of Duong Tan Nhut at Kawaga University, Japan, 2002.

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  1. Tay Nguyen Institute for Scientific Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Dalat City, Vietnam

    Duong Tan Nhut & Hoang Thanh Tung

  2. Department of Horticultural Science, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan

    Michio Tanaka

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  1. Biology Department, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, China

    Yung-I Lee

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Edward Chee-Tak Yeung

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Nhut, D.T., Tung, H.T., Tanaka, M. (2018). Enhanced Growth and Development of Cymbidium and Phalaenopsis Plantlets Cultured In Vitro Under Light-Emitting Diodes. In: Lee, YI., Yeung, ET. (eds) Orchid Propagation: From Laboratories to Greenhouses—Methods and Protocols. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7771-0_10

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