Using less land better - manipulating growth of individual plants, synchronising maturity and reducing crop wastage

更好地使用更少的土地 - 控制单个植物的生长，同步成熟并减少作物浪费

• 批准号: 2882733
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Harper Adams University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2882733
• 关键词: Using; less; land; better; manipulating

This project will study whole head lettuce as an example of a transplanted, high value leafy vegetable crop. The hypothesis underpinning this studentship is that plants identified as developing significantly faster than the crop population average could have their growth delayed or held by treatments to reduce variation of plant size at harvest. The student will investigate whether growth may be transiently reduced through a) environmental stress treatments, or b) the application of hormones and/or anti-transpirants that temporarily reduce photosynthesis. This approach will also have application for other leafy vegetables where size is a measure of maturity, particularly brassicas.

本项目将研究整棵莴苣作为移植的高价值叶菜作物的一个例子。支持这一研究的假设是，被确定为比作物群体平均发育速度快得多的植物可能会通过处理来延迟或保持其生长，以减少收获时植物大小的变化。学生将研究是否生长可能会暂时减少通过a）环境压力处理，或B）激素和/或抗蒸腾剂的应用，暂时减少光合作用。这种方法也适用于其他叶菜，其中大小是成熟度的衡量标准，特别是芸苔属。