Evaluation of the Production of Young Green Barley Plants Containing Functional Ingredients

Abstract

We conducted experiments to establish the growing conditions of hydroponic young green barley plants in which functional ingredients were applied and absorbed during the cultivation period. No studies have conducted experiments on functional ingredients applied during the cultivation of young green barley. In this study, glucosamine (GlcN) and collagen (Cgn) were used, both of which are widely known as functional ingredients and are in high market demand. In the GlcN application experiment, young green barley plants were cultivated with only liquid fertilizer during the early growing period for 9 days, and then the plants were cultivated in 0.25% GlcN-water solution for the following 3 days. The plants used in this experiment absorbed 0.60% of GlcN. Furthermore, an experiment was conducted to test plant absorption of collagen.