The crosstalk of far-red energy and signaling defines the regulation of photosynthesis, growth, and flowering in tomatoes.

This study investigated the effect of light intensity and signaling on the regulation of far-red (FR)-induced alteration in photosynthesis. The low (LL: 440 μmol m s) and high (HL: 1135 μmol m s) intensity of white light with or without FR (LLFR: 545 μmol m s including 115 μmol m s; HLFR: 1254 μmol m s + 140 μmol m s) was applied on the tomato cultivar (Solanum Lycopersicon cv. Moneymaker) and mutants of phytochrome A (phyA) and phytochrome B (phyB1, and phyB2).

Identification of variety-specific metabolites of basil by high performance thin layer chromatography-assisted metabolic profiling techniques.

The technological advances of analytical instrumentation and techniques has laid the ground for the rapid expansion of metabolomics or in a wider sense, untargeted analysis applied to life sciences themes. However, the objective of identifying all existing metabolites within organisms remains a daunting challenge. All analytical techniques exhibit varying degrees of sensitivity and versatility for the detection of metabolites and none of the existing analytical platforms can be expected to be ideal for exhaustive chemical profiling.

Vertical farming.

Ji et al. introduce vertical farming, a production-scale crop-growth system within an enclosed structure that maximizes space-use efficiency by growing plants vertically and precisely controls the plant environment.

Dissecting the Genotypic Variation of Growth Responses to Far-Red Radiation in Tomato.

The recent development of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and their application in modern horticulture stimulated studies demonstrating that additional far-red (FR) radiation (700-800 nm) increases plant dry mass. This effect of FR has been explained by improved photosynthesis and/or plant architecture. However, the genotypic variation in this response is largely unknown.

Far-red radiation stimulates dry mass partitioning to fruits by increasing fruit sink strength in tomato.

Far-red (FR) light promotes fruit growth by increasing dry mass partitioning to fruits, but the mechanism behind this is unknown. We hypothesise that it is due to an increased fruit sink strength as FR radiation enhances sugar transportation and metabolism. Tomato plants were grown with or without 50-80 μmol m  s of FR radiation added to a common background 150-170 μmol m  s red + blue light-emitting diode lighting.