Red LEDs and fluorescent lamps: Use light to reduce pesticides!

Red LEDs and fluorescent lamps: Use light to reduce pesticides!

– Suppresses the occurrence of powdery mildew in strawberries –

-Panasonic’s “UV-B Bulb Type Fluorescent Lamp”-

We will deliver a summary report from the article published in the Sankei Shimbun.

Pest control with red LEDs and fluorescent lights:

Do Red Lights Calm Pests? 　

Such a mysterious farming is producing results.

Grow fruits and vegetables with as little pesticides as possible through the effects of light.

Kyoto vinyl house:

Higuchi Farm, a Kyoto vegetable farm that has been in business for 400 years.

The vinyl house I visited was lit red and looked like a near-future space.

The 14th generation of Higuchi Farm:

Masataka Higuchi

Towards spring, they usually grow a strawberry variety called ”Akihime,”

which is sweet and has a low acidity.

I visited an exhibition

and came across a technology that uses light to reduce pesticide use.

3 types of LED lights:

In fact, in addition to red,

we use a total of three different types of lights.

There are three types of lighting:

a bluish-white fluorescent light, a vertical red light, and a green light.

Immune-boosting UV rays:

First, a blue fluorescent lamp.

The manufacturer is Panasonic.

The company began researching the effects of insects and light over 20 years ago.

Panasonic’s “UV-B compact fluorescent lamp”:

For about 10 years,

we have been suppressing the occurrence of powdery mildew in strawberries.

When strawberries are exposed to ultraviolet rays (UV-B),

it stimulates and activates the strawberry’s immune system.

Prevent spider mite growth:

Furthermore,

it inhibits egg hatching and adult egg-laying activity of spider mites.

It has also been found to prevent insects from multiplying.