Yali  Deng , Meifang  Li

Tropical Medicinal Plant Research Center, Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resources, Sanya, 572025, Hainan, China
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Medicinal Plant Research, 2025, Vol. 15, No. 2   doi: 10.5376/mpr.2025.15.0008
Received: 05 Feb., 2025    Accepted: 15 Mar., 2025    Published: 02 Apr., 2025

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Deng Y.L., and Li M.F., 2025, Research on off-season efficient cultivation technology of Leonurus japonicus based on environmental control, Medicinal Plant Research, 15(2): 71-79 (doi: 10.5376/mpr.2025.15.0008)

Leonurus japonicus is a valuable medicinal plant that has been extensively used to invigorate blood flow and treat cardiovascular diseases. Climatic and seasonal conditions limit traditional growth, and it is difficult to deliver high-quality medicinal materials to satisfy market demand. As one of the key technological developments in modern agriculture, environmental control technology achieves best growing conditions for crops by precisely managing critical factors of growth such as temperature, humidity, light intensity, and carbon dioxide concentration, thus transcending the limitations of natural climate. It has been enormously successful in vertical farming and greenhouse farming, as it immensely enhanced output, quality, and resource use efficiency. In Leonurus japonicus off-season production, environmental control technology not only ensures year-round stable yield but also enhances active ingredient accumulation, thus medicament quality. In this research, the application of environmental control technology in Leonurus japonicus off-season cultivation was explored through its growth pattern and ecological requirement investigation, cultivation parameter optimization, and establishment of an efficient production model. The result of the study is to provide technical evidence for the modern cultivation of Chinese medicinal plants and act as a reference for the efficient cultivation of other medicinal plants, and push the sustainable development of the agricultural and pharmaceutical industries.

Leonurus japonicus; Environmental control technology; Off-season cultivation; Efficient cultivation model