Lettuce quality is improved by modifying its growing conditions

Friday, November 27, 2015 - 09:10 in Biology & Nature

A researcher in the UPV/EHU'’s department of Plant Biology and Ecology has confirmed that it is possible to improve the nutraceutical quality of the lettuce by modifying its growing conditions but not at the expense of productivity. The FisioClimaCO2 research group, to which the researcher Usue Pérez-López belongs, has applied various stress conditions to the plants and has verified the changes that take place in their composition as a result.

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