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Application of Wireless Power Transmission Led Lighting System in Propagation of Chrysanthemum and Strawberry1 1 Recebido para publicação em2.2.2015 e aprovado em 6.6.2016.

Aplicação de Sistema de Transmissão de Energia de Iluminação Led Sem Fio em Propagação de Crisântemo e Morango

ABSTRACT

Wireless power transmission has been recently used to charge batteries in portable devices. This is the first study to combine this technology with light-emitting diodes (WPT-LP) for plant tissue culture application. We also present the comparison of the in vitro growth of chrysanthemum and strawberry plantlets under the new LED lighting system; LED - Uni-Pack (LP) system; LED tube and fluorescent light (FL). The results showed that fresh weight (1.42 g), dry weight (118.67 mg), plant height (5.68 cm), leaf area (3.59 cm2) and chlorophyll content (47.9 μg g-1) of chrysanthemum plantlets under the WPT-LP system were higher than those under FL and LED tube. Similar results were also recorded on the strawberry plantlets. Our results suggested that utilizing WPT-LP system saves the culture space considerably compared with the conventional downward lighting system with fluorescent lamps. The results also indicated that the subsequent growth and development of chrysanthemum and strawberry plantlets derived from WPT-LP system were either equal to or better than those from LP system under LED tube or FL.

Keywords:
chrysanthemum; development; growth; LEDs; photosynthetic photon flux density; wireless power transfer

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