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JP3763160B2
JP3763160B2 JP11976496A JP11976496A JP3763160B2 JP 3763160 B2 JP3763160 B2 JP 3763160B2 JP 11976496 A JP11976496 A JP 11976496A JP 11976496 A JP11976496 A JP 11976496A JP 3763160 B2 JP3763160 B2 JP 3763160B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、植物に人工光を照射して植物の生長を促進する植物育成方法および育成装置に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
従来、屋内での植物育成用人口光源として、蛍光ランプあるいは高圧放電灯等の高輝度ランプが用いられているが、これらの光源は発光のエネルギー効率が悪く、また、ランプ点灯時における発熱防止のため空調設備の併用が必要であり、更に植物の育成に無関係な波長域の放射により無駄なエネルギーの消費が行われる等の欠点が指摘されていた。
【0003】
これらの光源の問題点を解決するものとしてLED(発光ダイオード)が有用的であると考えられていたが、植物の育成に必要である青色光を放射するLEDがなかったため、植物育成用光源としての実用化はほとんど進まなかった。
【0004】
1993年に高輝度の青色光を放射するLEDの開発に成功し,LEDによる植物育成の試みが始まった。青色LEDと赤色LEDを適当な割合で混合した光源を作成することによって、いろいろな植物の正常な形態での育成の可能性が示唆された(園芸学会誌64別1(1995):390−391)。
【0005】
更に、周期100μs以下、デューティ比50%、消費電力100W/m2 でLEDをパルス点灯させると、連続光を比較して約20%の生育促進効果が認められた(日本植物工場学会平成7年度大会、学術講演要旨集:17−2)。
【0006】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明の目的は、発光スペクトルを変えることなく、光の輝度及びパルス周期を電気的に制御できる特性に注目し、連続光或いはパルス光でより効率良く植物を生育させることができる植物育成方法及び育成装置を提供することにある。
【0007】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上記目的を達成するために、本発明の方法は、植物に人工光を照射して植物の生長を促進する植物育成方法において、前記人工光は時系列的に連続する連続光であり、この連続光の輝度にゆらぎ成分を与えることを特徴とする。
【0009】
また、本発明の方法は、植物に人工光を照射して植物の生長を促進する植物育成方法において、前記人工光は時系列的に断続するパルス光であり、このパルス光の周期および/または輝度にゆらぎ成分を与えることを特徴とする。ここで、前記ゆらぎ成分は、パルス光の非発光周期に付与してもよく、或いは、パルス光の発光周期に付与してもよい。
【0010】
また、本発明の装置は、植物に人工光を照射する発光ダイオードと、この発光源に時系列的に連続する駆動電流を供給して前記植物に連続光を照射する駆動手段と、前記駆動電流の振幅にゆらぎ成分を混入させる制御信号を前記駆動手段に与えて前記連続光の輝度にゆらぎ成分を与える制御手段とを備えたことを特徴とする。
また、本発明の装置は、植物に人工光を照射する発光ダイオードと、この発光源に時系列的に断続するパルス電流を駆動電流として供給して前記植物にパルス光を照射する駆動手段と、前記駆動電流のパルス電流の周期および/または振幅にゆらぎ成分を混入させる制御信号を前記駆動手段に与えて前記パルス光の周期および/または輝度にゆらぎ成分を与える制御手段とを備えたことを特徴とする。ここで、前記発光ダイオードは、具体的には、複数の赤色発光ダイオード、複数の緑色発光ダイオードおよび複数の青色発光ダイオードを含む発光ダイオード群から成る。前記発光ダイオードに駆動電流を供給する際に、前記駆動電流を時系列的に連続する電流として、制御手段は前記駆動電流の振幅にゆらぎ成分を与えるようにしてもよく、また、別の態様では、前記駆動電流を時系列的に断続するパルス電流とし、制御手段は前記パルス電流のオフデューティの周期またはオンデューティの周期にゆらぎ成分を与えるようにしてもよい。
【0012】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、図面に基づいて本発明の好適な実施の形態を説明する。
【0013】
(I)原理
一般に、植物体に人口光を照射すると、植物の葉に電圧(葉面電位)が発生し、この葉面電位による植物内のイオン電流量と植物の成長とが関係していることは知られている。この場合に、照射する人口光に「ゆらぎ成分」を与えることにより、照射光がより自然光に近づくこととなり、ゆらぎ成分を付加した結果、植物内の電位が高電位となってイオン電流が増加し、植物の生長が促進されることが確認された。
【0014】
図2に、光源としてLEDを用い、植物体(例えば、ウコギ科のカポック等)にゆらぎ成分を付加したLEDからの光を照射した場合、ゆらぎ成分を付加しない場合の葉面電位を測定し、その葉面電位の変化(葉面電位差)を示す。光照射条件を次のように設定して葉面電位の測定を行った。なお、測定系の構成は後述する植物育成装置とともに説明する。 測定条件は、次の通りである
期間T1…LED=ON (点灯)、周期的ゆらぎ成分付加
期間T2…LED=OFF(消灯)
期間T1…LED=ON (点灯)、周期的ゆらぎ成分なし
図2からわかるように、ゆらぎ成分を付加した期間T1での葉面電位差δ1(約1.37mV)は、ゆらぎ成分を付加しない期間T3での葉面電位差δ2(約1.22mV)に対して明らかに高い値を示している。なお、図2に示されるように、LEDのON、OFF時の葉面電位波形では、LEDがONになると、2分程度の過分極が生じた後、数mVの脱分極が生じ、5分程度で平衡値に達する。脱分極値は、LEDの輝度と相関関係がある。
【0015】
このような実験を10回繰り返し、その値をランダマイズした図を図3に示す。この図3からわかるように、LEDにゆらぎ成分を付加した場合には、葉面電位差量δの値が高くなっている(平均値の差の検定結果において危険率5%で有意差有り)。このように、ゆらぎ成分を付加することにより、葉面電位の上昇、イオン電流の増加が可能であり、植物をより効率良く活性化し、生長促進を図ることができるのである。
【0016】
(II)植物育成装置
図1に、上記原理を応用した本発明に係る植物育成装置の実施の形態を示す。この植物育成装置は葉面電位の測定系を含んでいる。
【0017】
図1において、シールドボックス10内には、育成対象である植物体12が配置されている。この植物体12に面して、光源となるLED基板14が配置されているいる。
【0018】
LED基板14は、赤色LED、緑色LEDおよび青色LEDを含む高輝度型LED素子が多数(例えば、数100個)配置されて成る。このLED基板14と植物体12とは、光の照射効率上、相互に接近しているのが好ましい。この点に関し、従来の光源では発熱量が多く、植物への熱的影響が無視できなかったが、本実施の形態では温度上昇の少ないLEDを使用しているため、光源の発熱による植物体12への熱的影響を考慮しなくてよく、したがって光の照射効率の向上が可能である。以上のLED基板14は、コンピュータ16により制御される。
【0019】
コンピュータ16としては、パーソナルコンピュータの使用が可能であり、メモリ内に格納された光照射制御ログラムにしたがって、LED基板14の輝度制御を行う。この輝度制御に当たっては、後述するように、1/f〜1/f2 のゆらぎ制御が行われる。
【0020】
パソコン16からの制御出力信号(例えば、8ビット)は出力ポート18を介してD/A変換ボード20によりアナログ電圧信号(例えば、数ボルト)に変換され、変換されたアナログ電圧信号はV/I変換ボード22により駆動電流に変換されてLED基板14に供給される。
【0021】
(III)ゆらぎ制御
図3〜図8に本実施の形態によるゆらぎ成分が付加された各種の光波形を示す。これらのゆらぎ制御の光波形のうち、いずれを用いるかは、育成対象である植物体12の種類や育成態様(植物の大きさ、形状等)に合わせて適宜選択して採用する。ゆらぎ成分自体は1/f〜1/f2 のゆらぎ成分であり、その付加の態様として、照射光の種類には連続光とパルス光の2種類が考えられ、ゆらぎ成分の態様には図3〜図8に示すようなものがある。
【0022】
図3に、照射光に連続光を用い、この連続光に輝度ゆらぎを付加する例を示す。この例では、連続光の振幅にゆらぎ成分に対応した変化が与えられてゆらぎ制御が行われる。実際には、図示するように時間幅t1の周期ごとに振幅値を変化させることにより、ゆらぎの付加が可能である。
【0023】
図5は、照射光にパルス光を使用し、このパルス光の非発光周期にゆらぎ成分を付加する例を示している。すなわち、パルス光の波高値は一定であり、パルス光の発光時間幅t2は一定に維持され、非発光周期t3がゆらぎ成分に対応して変化するよう制御される。
【0024】
図6は照射光にパルス光が使用され、このパルス光の発光周期にゆらぎ成分を付加する例を示す。すなわち、非発光時間幅t4は一定に設定されるが、パルス光の発光時間幅t4がゆらぎ成分に応じて変化するよう制御される。
【0025】
図7は照射光にパルス光が使用され、パルス光に段階的な輝度ゆらぎが与えられる例を示す。すなわち、パルス光の発光時間t6が一定に設定されるとともに、パルス光の非発光時間幅t7も一定に設定され、発光輝度がゆらぎ成分に応じて段階的に変化するよう制御される。
【0026】
図8は、パルス光が使用され、パルス光に段階的な輝度ゆらぎが与えられるとともに、パルス光の非発光周期にゆらぎ成分が与えられる例を示す。すなわち、パルス光の発光時間幅t8は一定に設定されるが、発光輝度が段階的に変化し、且つ、非発光時間幅t9 がゆらぎ成分に対応して変化するよう制御される。
【0027】
次に、再び図1を参照して、葉面電位測定系について説明する。LED基板14からの照射光の植物体12への影響は、照射によって発生する葉面電位を測定することにより評価されることは先に述べた通りである。この葉面電位の測定検出について、図1に示す植物体12の葉の拡大図Aを用いて以下説明する。
【0028】
葉24の主葉脈26には、葉面電位検出用のプローブである皿電極(Ag−Acl)28(+側)、30(−側)が配置されている。なお、植物体12の葉面電位を測定する際には、外部からの磁界や電界等の影響によるノイズを除去するために、植物体12を電磁・静電シールドボックス10内に収容して葉面電位を測定し、シールドボックス10は内部の温度・湿度が常に一定になるように管理される。
【0029】
LED基板14からの光の照射により、植物体12の葉面電位が変化すると、皿電極28、30での検出電位は好感度・低ノイズ型の差動増幅器32により増幅され、その増幅検出電位はA/D変換ボード34によりディジタル値に変換された後、入力ポート36を介してコンピュータ16に入力される。
【0030】
コンピュータ16は、この入力信号に基づいて、LED基板14からの照射による植物体の影響を分析評価し、その測定結果を外部に表示し、また、LED基板14からの光の照射量のフィードバック制御、あるいはLED基板14と植物体12との相対距離を一定に保つようフィードバック制御を行う。
【0031】
必要な場合には、LED基板14の高さ位置を植物体12の成長に合わせて自動調整するようにすることができる。この自動高さ調整は、例えば、LED基板14にフォトトランジスタ等の光センサを設け、LEDの葉面での反射光を光センサによって検出し、検出光が所定の値になるようにLED基板14を適当な駆動手段(モータ、流体圧シリンダ等)により制御するように構成する。
【0032】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように、本発明によれば、植物育成用発光源からの光の輝度および/または周期にゆらぎを付加しており、植物への照射量が同じであったとしてもゆらぎを付加しない場合と比較して植物を効率的に育成することができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の実施の形態に係る植物育成装置の構成を示すブロック図である。
【図2】LEDからの光にゆらぎ成分を付加した場合とゆらぎ成分を付加しない場合との葉面電位波形を示すグラフ図である。
【図3】LEDからの光にゆらぎ成分を付加した場合とゆらぎ成分を付加しない場合との葉面電位変化量を示すグラフ図である。
【図4】連続光に段階的な輝度ゆらぎを与えた光波形図である。
【図5】パルス光の非発光周期にゆらぎ成分を与えた光波形図である。
【図6】パルス光の発光周期にゆらぎ成分を与えた光波形図である。
【図7】パルス光に段階的な輝度ゆらぎを与えた光波形図である。
【図8】パルス光に段階的な輝度ゆらぎを与えるとともに、該パルス光の非発光周期にゆらぎ成分を与えた光波形図である。
【符号の説明】
10 シールドボックス
12 植物体
14 LED基板
16 コンピュータ
24 葉
26 主葉脈
28 +皿電極
30 −皿電極
δ1、δ2 葉面電位差
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a plant growing method and a growing apparatus that promotes plant growth by irradiating a plant with artificial light.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, high-intensity lamps such as fluorescent lamps or high-pressure discharge lamps have been used as artificial light sources for plant growth indoors. However, these light sources are inferior in energy efficiency of light emission and prevent heat generation when the lamps are lit. For this reason, it has been pointed out that it is necessary to use air-conditioning equipment in combination, and that wasteful energy is consumed by radiation in a wavelength range unrelated to plant growth.
[0003]
LEDs (light-emitting diodes) were thought to be useful as solutions for these light source problems, but there was no LED that emits blue light necessary for plant growth. The practical application of was hardly advanced.
[0004]
In 1993, we succeeded in developing an LED that emits blue light with high brightness. By creating a light source in which blue LEDs and red LEDs were mixed at an appropriate ratio, it was suggested that various plants could be grown in normal forms (Journal of Horticultural Society 64, 1 (1995): 390-391). ).
[0005]
Furthermore, when the LED was pulse-lit with a period of 100 μs or less, a duty ratio of 50%, and power consumption of 100 W / m 2 , a growth promoting effect of about 20% was recognized compared with continuous light (Japan Plant Factory Society, 1995) Meeting, Academic Lecture Summary: 17-2).
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The object of the present invention is to pay attention to the characteristic that the luminance of light and the pulse period can be electrically controlled without changing the emission spectrum, and a plant growing method capable of growing plants more efficiently with continuous light or pulsed light, and It is to provide a training apparatus.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the method of the present invention is a plant growing method for accelerating plant growth by irradiating a plant with artificial light, wherein the artificial light is continuous light that is continuous in time series. A fluctuation component is given to the luminance of light .
[0009]
Further, the method of the present invention is a plant growing method for accelerating plant growth by irradiating a plant with artificial light, wherein the artificial light is pulsed light that is intermittent in time series, and the period of the pulsed light and / or A fluctuation component is given to the luminance. Here, the fluctuation component may be given to the non-emission period of the pulsed light, or may be given to the emission period of the pulsed light.
[0010]
The apparatus of the present invention includes a light emitting diode that irradiates a plant with artificial light , a driving unit that supplies a continuous driving current to the light source in time series to irradiate the plant with continuous light, and the driving current. And a control means for giving a fluctuation signal to the brightness of the continuous light by giving a control signal for mixing a fluctuation component to the amplitude of the light to the driving means.
Further, the apparatus of the present invention comprises a light emitting diode that irradiates a plant with artificial light, and a driving means that irradiates the plant with pulsed light by supplying a pulsed current intermittently to the light source as a driving current, Control means for supplying a control signal for mixing a fluctuation component to the period and / or amplitude of the pulse current of the driving current to the driving means to give the fluctuation component to the period and / or luminance of the pulsed light. And Here, the light emitting diodes are specifically composed of a light emitting diode group including a plurality of red light emitting diodes, a plurality of green light emitting diodes, and a plurality of blue light emitting diodes. When supplying the drive current to the light emitting diode, the control means may make the drive current continuous in time series, and the control means may give a fluctuation component to the amplitude of the drive current. The drive current may be a pulse current that is intermittent in time series, and the control means may add a fluctuation component to the off-duty cycle or the on-duty cycle of the pulse current.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
(I) Principle In general, when artificial light is irradiated to a plant body, a voltage (leaf potential) is generated in the leaf of the plant, and the amount of ionic current in the plant due to the leaf surface potential is related to the growth of the plant. It is known. In this case, by giving a “fluctuation component” to the artificial light to be irradiated, the irradiation light becomes closer to natural light, and as a result of adding the fluctuation component, the potential in the plant becomes high and the ion current increases. It was confirmed that plant growth was promoted.
[0014]
In FIG. 2, when an LED is used as a light source and light from an LED having a fluctuation component added to a plant body (for example, Kapok of the family Argiaceae) is measured, the leaf surface potential is measured without adding the fluctuation component, The change in leaf surface potential (leaf surface potential difference) is shown. The leaf potential was measured by setting the light irradiation conditions as follows. In addition, the structure of a measurement system is demonstrated with the plant growing apparatus mentioned later. The measurement conditions are as follows: period T1... LED = ON (lights on), periodic fluctuation component addition period T2... LED = OFF (lights off)
Period T1... LED = ON (lit), no periodic fluctuation component As can be seen from FIG. 2, the leaf surface potential difference δ1 (about 1.37 mV) in the period T1 to which the fluctuation component is added is the period T3 in which no fluctuation component is added. The leaf surface potential difference δ2 (about 1.22 mV) in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, in the leaf potential waveform when the LED is turned on and off, when the LED is turned on, after about 2 minutes of hyperpolarization occurs, several mV of depolarization occurs and 5 minutes. The equilibrium value is reached at a degree. The depolarization value correlates with the luminance of the LED.
[0015]
FIG. 3 shows a diagram in which such an experiment was repeated 10 times and the values were randomized. As can be seen from FIG. 3, when the fluctuation component is added to the LED, the value of the leaf surface potential difference δ is high (the test result of the difference between the average values has a significant difference with a risk rate of 5%). Thus, by adding a fluctuation component, it is possible to increase the leaf surface potential and increase the ionic current, to activate the plant more efficiently and to promote the growth.
[0016]
(II) Plant Growing Device FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a plant growing device according to the present invention to which the above principle is applied. This plant growing apparatus includes a leaf surface potential measurement system.
[0017]
In FIG. 1, a plant body 12 to be grown is arranged in a shield box 10. An LED substrate 14 serving as a light source is arranged facing the plant body 12.
[0018]
The LED substrate 14 includes a large number (for example, several hundreds) of high-luminance LED elements including red LEDs, green LEDs, and blue LEDs. The LED substrate 14 and the plant body 12 are preferably close to each other in terms of light irradiation efficiency. In this regard, the conventional light source generates a large amount of heat, and the thermal effect on the plant cannot be ignored. However, in this embodiment, since the LED with a small temperature rise is used, the plant body 12 due to the heat generation of the light source Therefore, it is not necessary to consider the thermal influence on the light, and thus the light irradiation efficiency can be improved. The above LED board 14 is controlled by the computer 16.
[0019]
As the computer 16, a personal computer can be used, and the brightness of the LED board 14 is controlled according to the light irradiation control program stored in the memory. In this luminance control, fluctuation control of 1 / f to 1 / f 2 is performed as described later.
[0020]
A control output signal (for example, 8 bits) from the personal computer 16 is converted into an analog voltage signal (for example, several volts) by the D / A conversion board 20 via the output port 18, and the converted analog voltage signal is V / I. It is converted into a drive current by the conversion board 22 and supplied to the LED substrate 14.
[0021]
(III) Fluctuation Control FIGS. 3 to 8 show various optical waveforms to which fluctuation components according to this embodiment are added. Which of these fluctuation control optical waveforms is used is appropriately selected and adopted in accordance with the type of the plant body 12 to be grown and the growth mode (plant size, shape, etc.). The fluctuation component itself is a fluctuation component of 1 / f to 1 / f 2. As an addition mode, two types of irradiation light, continuous light and pulsed light, can be considered. There is something as shown in FIG.
[0022]
FIG. 3 shows an example in which continuous light is used as irradiation light and luminance fluctuation is added to the continuous light. In this example, fluctuation control is performed by giving a change corresponding to the fluctuation component to the amplitude of continuous light. In practice, fluctuations can be added by changing the amplitude value for each period of the time width t1 as shown in the figure.
[0023]
FIG. 5 shows an example in which pulse light is used as irradiation light and a fluctuation component is added to the non-emission period of the pulse light. That is, the peak value of the pulsed light is constant, the emission time width t2 of the pulsed light is maintained constant, and the non-light emission period t3 is controlled to change corresponding to the fluctuation component.
[0024]
FIG. 6 shows an example in which pulsed light is used as irradiation light and a fluctuation component is added to the light emission period of the pulsed light. That is, the non-light emission time width t4 is set to be constant, but the light emission time width t4 of the pulsed light is controlled to change according to the fluctuation component.
[0025]
FIG. 7 shows an example in which pulsed light is used as irradiation light and stepwise luminance fluctuation is given to the pulsed light. That is, the light emission time t6 of the pulsed light is set to be constant, and the non-light emission time width t7 of the pulsed light is also set to be constant, and the light emission luminance is controlled to change stepwise according to the fluctuation component.
[0026]
FIG. 8 shows an example in which pulsed light is used, a stepwise luminance fluctuation is given to the pulsed light, and a fluctuation component is given to the non-emission period of the pulsed light. That is, the light emission time width t8 of the pulsed light is set constant, but the light emission luminance changes stepwise, and the non-light emission time width t9. Is controlled to change corresponding to the fluctuation component.
[0027]
Next, the leaf surface potential measurement system will be described with reference to FIG. 1 again. As described above, the influence of the irradiation light from the LED substrate 14 on the plant body 12 is evaluated by measuring the leaf surface potential generated by the irradiation. The measurement and detection of the leaf surface potential will be described below using an enlarged view A of the leaves of the plant body 12 shown in FIG.
[0028]
On the main vein 26 of the leaf 24, plate electrodes (Ag-Acl) 28 (+ side) and 30 (-side), which are probes for detecting the leaf surface potential, are arranged. When the leaf surface potential of the plant body 12 is measured, the plant body 12 is accommodated in the electromagnetic / electrostatic shield box 10 in order to remove noise due to the influence of an external magnetic field or electric field. The surface potential is measured, and the shield box 10 is managed so that the internal temperature and humidity are always constant.
[0029]
When the leaf surface potential of the plant body 12 changes due to light irradiation from the LED substrate 14, the detection potential at the dish electrodes 28, 30 is amplified by a favorable / low noise differential amplifier 32, and the amplified detection potential. Is converted to a digital value by the A / D conversion board 34 and then input to the computer 16 via the input port 36.
[0030]
Based on this input signal, the computer 16 analyzes and evaluates the influence of the plant body by the irradiation from the LED substrate 14, displays the measurement result to the outside, and feedback control of the light irradiation amount from the LED substrate 14. Alternatively, feedback control is performed so that the relative distance between the LED substrate 14 and the plant body 12 is kept constant.
[0031]
If necessary, the height position of the LED substrate 14 can be automatically adjusted according to the growth of the plant body 12. In this automatic height adjustment, for example, a photosensor such as a phototransistor is provided on the LED board 14, the reflected light on the LED leaf surface is detected by the photosensor, and the LED board 14 is adjusted so that the detected light becomes a predetermined value. Are controlled by appropriate driving means (motor, fluid pressure cylinder, etc.).
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, fluctuations are added to the brightness and / or period of light from the plant-growing light-emitting source, and fluctuations are not added even if the irradiation amount to the plants is the same. Plants can be grown efficiently compared to the case.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a plant growing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a graph showing a leaf potential waveform when a fluctuation component is added to light from an LED and when a fluctuation component is not added.
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the amount of change in leaf surface potential when a fluctuation component is added to light from an LED and when no fluctuation component is added.
FIG. 4 is an optical waveform diagram in which stepwise luminance fluctuation is given to continuous light.
FIG. 5 is an optical waveform diagram in which a fluctuation component is given to a non-emission period of pulsed light.
FIG. 6 is an optical waveform diagram in which a fluctuation component is given to the light emission period of pulsed light.
FIG. 7 is an optical waveform diagram in which stepwise luminance fluctuation is given to pulsed light.
FIG. 8 is an optical waveform diagram in which stepwise luminance fluctuation is given to pulsed light and a fluctuation component is given to the non-emission period of the pulsed light.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Shield Box 12 Plant 14 LED Board 16 Computer 24 Leaf 26 Main Leaf 28 + Dish Electrode 30-Dish Electrode δ1, δ2 Leaf Potential Difference

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植物に人工光を照射して植物の生長を促進する植物育成方法において、前記人工光は時系列的に連続する連続光であり、この連続光の輝度にゆらぎ成分を与えることを特徴とする植物育成方法。  In the plant growing method of irradiating a plant with artificial light to promote the growth of the plant, the artificial light is continuous light continuous in time series, and a fluctuation component is given to the luminance of the continuous light Training method. 植物に人工光を照射して植物の生長を促進する植物育成方法において、前記人工光は時系列的に断続するパルス光であり、このパルス光の周期および/または輝度にゆらぎ成分を与えることを特徴とする植物育成方法。  In the plant growing method of irradiating a plant with artificial light to promote the growth of the plant, the artificial light is pulsed light that is intermittent in time series, and a fluctuation component is given to the period and / or luminance of the pulsed light. A plant growing method characterized. 植物に人工光を照射する発光ダイオードと、この発光源に時系列的に連続する駆動電流を供給して前記植物に連続光を照射する駆動手段と、前記駆動電流の振幅にゆらぎ成分を混入させる制御信号を前記駆動手段に与えて前記連続光の輝度にゆらぎ成分を与える制御手段とを備えたことを特徴とする植物育成装置。A light emitting diode that irradiates a plant with artificial light , a driving unit that supplies a continuous driving current to the light source in time series to irradiate the plant with continuous light, and a fluctuation component is mixed in the amplitude of the driving current A plant growing apparatus comprising: control means for supplying a control signal to the driving means to give a fluctuation component to the luminance of the continuous light. 植物に人工光を照射する発光ダイオードと、この発光源に時系列的に断続するパルス電流を駆動電流として供給して前記植物にパルス光を照射する駆動手段と、前記駆動電流のパルス電流の周期および/または振幅にゆらぎ成分を混入させる制御信号を前記駆動手段に与えて前記パルス光の周期および/または輝度にゆらぎ成分を与える制御手段とを備えたことを特徴とする植物育成装置。A light emitting diode for irradiating the plant with artificial light ; a driving means for irradiating the plant with pulsed light by supplying pulsed current intermittently to the light source as a driving current; and a period of the pulse current of the driving current. And / or a control means for giving a control signal for mixing a fluctuation component to the amplitude to the driving means to give a fluctuation component to the period and / or luminance of the pulsed light.
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