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Lumileds has announced the Luxeon SunPlus 2835 family of packaged LEDs for horticultural applications, extending the SunPlus portfolio that initially came to market in 2016. The new LEDs are offered in a cost-effective mid-power LED package with a 2.8×3.5-mm footprint as the model number implies. Monochromatic red and blue LEDs along with phosphor-converted white, lime, and purple LEDs enable significant flexibility in luminaires designed for horticultural applications.

The move by LED manufacturers toward horticultural-specific portfolios is important for a number of reasons. As plant science advances, the industry is gaining a better understanding of ideal spectrum, both for different cultivars and even the same cultivar at different stages of plant growth. And LED manufacturers such as Lumileds have responded with all new components that would not be useful anywhere but in the target application.