Microgreens: a newly merging product, aspects, prospectives, and disadvantages
https://doi.org/10.20914/2310-1202-2021-1-102-107
Аннотация
In this article we demonstrate the connotation of microgreens, the newly merging product in the Russian market. Microgreens are normal plants planted in highly density on a substrate medium and harvested shortly after the first true leaves appear. Microgreens of many aromatic plants possess intensive flavour similar to its mature product. We also expound the aspects related to this product, including growth, harvesting time, Seeds utilization, light requirements, available suitable substrate, as well as the disadvantages related to its production. There is still a lot of controversy about the health benefits of consuming microgreens. Some researchers believe that there is currently not enough scientific evidence to support a higher nutrient level in microgreens than in mature plants. In this review, we discuss whether microgreening is a great addition to gardening or not. Still, other prospects for the future of this product indicates that the demand of the market for the microgreens will be strong especially with the wide spread of home-growing facilities like phytotrons and simple growing chambers.
Об авторах
Ali J. Othman
Российский экономический университет имени Г. В. Плеханова
Россия
Россия
Ludmila G. Eliseeva
Российский экономический университет имени Г. В. Плеханова
Daria V. Simina
Российский экономический университет имени Г. В. Плеханова
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Othman A.J., Eliseeva L.G., Simina D.V. Microgreens: a newly merging product, aspects, prospectives, and disadvantages. Вестник Воронежского государственного университета инженерных технологий. 2021;83(1):102-107. https://doi.org/10.20914/2310-1202-2021-1-102-107
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Othman A.J., Eliseeva L.G., Simina D.V. Microgreens: a newly merging product, aspects, prospectives, and disadvantages. Proceedings of the Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies. 2021;83(1):102-107. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20914/2310-1202-2021-1-102-107
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