New Technology Improves Nutrition In Vegetables

There is a new technology to improve improve nutritional quality of vegetables. According to Lithuanian researchers, high-density photosynthetic photon flux can be used in greenhouses for preharvest treatment of leafy vegetables to decrease harmful nitrates while increasing beneficial nutrient levels.

The researchers experimented with a solid-state illuminator to provide short-term preharvest light treatment of lettuce, marjoram, and green onions. After a subsequent 3-day treatment, there was a reduction of 44 percent to 65 percent in nitrate concentration.

The new technology may be expensive, but can prove economically viable in terms of production costs and the benefits of vegetables with added nutritional value.

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