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LED Light Color Changes Cordyceps Growth and Cordycepin

LED Light Color Changes Cordyceps Growth and Cordycepin

Cordyceps

What they found

Of 9 LED combinations, a red-blue-white mix produced the highest cordycepin levels in cordyceps.

Of 9 LED combinations, a red-blue-white mix produced the highest cordycepin levels in cordyceps.

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Cultivation trial

Cultivation trial

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At a glance

Latin name

Cordyceps militaris

Cordyceps militaris

Compound

cordycepin

cordycepin

Sample size

9 LED combinations

9 LED combinations

Published in

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

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Section

GROWING & GOURMET

GROWING & GOURMET

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Light Tuning

Light Tuning

Cordyceps mushroom (Cordyceps militaris) growth and medicinal compound production can be significantly altered by LED light spectra during cultivation. In trials testing 9 different LED combinations, red-white light (2R:3W) and warm white produced larger colonies and higher stromata biomass, while a red-blue-white mix (3R:2B:1W) generated the highest cordycepin levels, one of the mushroom’s key bioactive compounds. The results show that adjusting light spectra can directly shape mushroom size, structure, and medicinal compound output, offering a simple way to optimize commercial cordyceps production.

Cordyceps mushroom (Cordyceps militaris) growth and medicinal compound production can be significantly altered by LED light spectra during cultivation. In trials testing 9 different LED combinations, red-white light (2R:3W) and warm white produced larger colonies and higher stromata biomass, while a red-blue-white mix (3R:2B:1W) generated the highest cordycepin levels, one of the mushroom’s key bioactive compounds. The results show that adjusting light spectra can directly shape mushroom size, structure, and medicinal compound output, offering a simple way to optimize commercial cordyceps production.

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