Growth analysis and commercial yield of rocket plants under different shading screen

This study aimed to evaluate the growth and yield of rocket plants under different screens shading. It was used rocket seeds of Folha Larga cultivar, which plants were cultivated in a greenhouse in black polyethylene pots without shading, with black and red shading screen, both with 35% light reduction, adopting completely randomized design with 11 collection times. The no shading rocket plants showed higher values for total dry matter, relative growth rate and net assimilation, compared to the screens of red and black shading, respectively. However, the leaf area ratio was higher in plants under the effect of black screen and, leaf matter ratio was higher in plants under red screen. The higher leaves yield was obtained without shading, then red and black screen. The growth and commercial yield of rocket leaves was favored in shading condition with red screen.