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  2. DLI

DLI

Pronounced / dee·el·EYE /

Daily light integral: the total amount of photosynthetic light a plant receives in a day, measured in mol/m²/day.

Example in a sentence

“Running the lights longer raised the plants' DLI.”

Also called daily light integral

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