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THE LANGUAGE OF THE PLANTS

The best light on plant growth
BY RAJAB AHMED MUMBEE,
B.sc ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT,
SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE,
P.O BOX 3153,
MOROGORO, TANZANIA.
26, January 2014.


Objective of the study: To observe the best light needed for plant growth.
Importance of the study; the study will help to the improvement of greenhouses
and dye-synthesized solar energy technologies.
HOW?
Many plants are green in color which means that they reflect out the green
wavelengths and they do not want (use) the green light which in turn implies that
green wavelengths are lethal to the plant growth and production (photosynthesis).
Many studies which have so far conducted, the researchers conclude that, the best
light for the plant growth is white light. This is contrary to the language of the
green plants, which suggests that they do not need green light for their survival.
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White light contains green light (impurity), so how can it be the best light for plant
growth? So theoretically the best light for the plant growth is the light which is its
green component is filtered out (eliminated).

Therefore the new design for the green house shielding materials has to be painted
green and the explanation is in order:
The shielding materials for greenhouses should be green in order to pre-reflect the
green light which is lethal to the plants. In this manner the plants will use only a
little amount of energy to synthesize green pigments (or yellow pigments in case of
carrots, etc) and the remaining energy will be used for more food production.
However another advantage is that, the plants will be free from their enemy, the
green light.
In case of the dye-synthesized solar panels, the efficiency is expected to increase
since their mechanism of electricity production mimic the mechanism of
photosynthesis in plants*(no much concern here).






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Much green plant implies much green light reflected (scientifically proved).
Again
Much green plant implies much production (Traditionally known).
Hence,
Much green light reflected implies much food production by b
Green plants..
i.e. Green light reflection by plants is directly related to production from the
plants.
Therefore it can be hypothesized that, the maximum production of the green plants
under greenhouses can be achieved by pre-elimination of green light component
from the white light by using the green reflector materials in greenhouse
construction since the optimum light for plant growth and production is not white
light but the white light which is pre-treated by reflecting out green light.
This can be done by using green light reflector materials to construct the green
houses instead of the conventional materials which only intended to raise the
temperature inside the house without the consideration of removing the green light
component.
Hence, the combination of green light removal and temperature rising inside the
green houses is expected to further improve the production under green houses.
NB:
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This concept is applicable to all sorts of colors of plants e.g. carrots (yellow plants)
etc.
Challenge:
Pre-reflect the green light can cause the plants not to produce the green pigments
with the leaves turning into dark(dark green) which may affect the quality of plants
which their leaves are to be consumed for example vegetables and especially if the
green pigments are essential to human body. But the concept can be still
applicable to plants such as tomatoes, maize etc.