Controlled Environment Horticulture Improving Quality of Vegetab
An understanding of crop physiology and ecophysiology enables the horticulturist to manipulate a plant’s metabolism towards the production of compounds that are beneficial for human health when that plant is part of the diet or the source of phytopharmace
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Controlled Environment Horticulture Improving Quality of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants
Controlled Environment Horticulture
Christoph-Martin Geilfus
Controlled Environment Horticulture Improving Quality of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants
Christoph-Martin Geilfus Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences Humboldt-University of Berlin Berlin, Germany
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Dedicated by C.-M. Geilfus: To my family
Preface Plant-based food not only is important for caloric supply, but also acts as a crucial source of human health-promoting metabolites. These metabolites belong to groups including glycosides, polyphenols, alkaloids or terpenes, the members of which can act as anticarcinogens or in an analgesic, antihyperglycemic, antibacterial, antiarrhythmic or even antimalarial manner. Many of these compounds are produced by plants in response to stresses from the environment and allow plants to withstand unfavourable conditions. The horticulturist can utilize such stress responses to enrich vegetables or medicinal plants with beneficial compounds. For instance, after the induction of a mild stress event in a controlled manner (e.g. lack of water, high temperature, nutrient shortage), a plant can initiate defence reactions, viz. the production of these metabolites; however, the stress intensity is controlled in order that biomass formation is not affected. The fine-tuned control of production factors such as water, t
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