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Spreading One DLI Over a Longer Photoperiod Raises Plant-Factory Light-Use Efficiency

Photosynthesis flattens as PPFD rises, so lettuce given 14 mol/m^2/day over 20 h often outgrows the same DLI over 12 h; tomato and eggplant, though, develop leaf chlorosis under continuous 24 h light.

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