scholarly journals The influence of light quality on the shoot proliferation and rooting of Gerbera jamesonii in vitro

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Gabryszewska ◽  
Ryszard Rudnicki
Keyword(s):  
White Light ◽  
Light Quality ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Green Light ◽  
Shoot Proliferation ◽  
Gerbera Jamesonii ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Axillary Shoots ◽  
The Media

The effect of white, blue, green, red and UV + white light on the growth and development of shoots and roots of Gerbera jamesonii cv. Queen Rebecca in relation to the presence of kinetin or IAA were investigated. The highest number of axillary shoots was obtained in red and green light on the medium with 5 mg l<sup>-1</sup> kinetin. Also, green and red light markedly increased the number of leaves developed on the plantlets on the medium supplemented with kinetin. Light quality and IAA added to culture medium variously affected the development of root system: roots were regenerated under all light treatments, higher root number was recorded under red light when 5 mg l<sup>-1</sup> IAA was added to the media, the shortest roots were found in red light on the medium supplemented with IAA. The greatest fresh weight of shoots was found under white light on the medium with kinetin. Red light markedly decreased shoot fresh weight on hormone-free medium. Blue and white light caused increase in fresh weight of roots.

scholarly journals In Vitro Shoot Proliferation of Apple Rootstocks ‘B.9’, ‘G.30’, and ‘G.41’ Grown under Red and Blue Light

HortScience ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Geng ◽  
Renae Moran ◽  
Michael Day ◽  
William Halteman ◽  
Donglin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Blue Light ◽  
White Light ◽  
Shoot Growth ◽  
Light Quality ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Shoot Proliferation ◽  
Apple Rootstocks ◽  
Single Node ◽  
Shoot Number

The influence of red and blue light wavelengths was tested to improve the initial in vitro multiplication of apple (Malus × domestica) rootstock cultivars Budagovsky 9 (B.9), Geneva 30 (G.30), and Geneva 41 (G.41). Single-node segments were established in semisolid Murashige and Skoog media and then transferred to proliferation media and cultured 40 days under white, red, or blue light irradiance. In a second experiment, G.30 was cultured under red, blue, or white light with and without gibberellic acid (GA3). The three rootstocks responded similarly under white light in terms of shoot number, length of the longest shoot, and the number of elongated shoots. Red light increased the number of shoots, length of the longest shoot, and the number of elongated shoots of B.9 and G.30 when compared with white or blue light. Red light increased the number of elongated B.9 and G.30 shoots to five per explant compared with one per explant under white light. In contrast, shoot growth of G.41 showed no difference under the three light quality treatments, and the number of elongated shoots per explant was less than one. When compared with an absence of GA3, a concentration of GA3 at 0.5 mg·L−1 promoted in vitro shoot growth of G.30 under red and blue light.

Underwater light climate and the growth and pigmentation of planktonic blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria) II. The influence of light quality

1986 ◽  
Vol 227 (1248) ◽  
pp. 381-393 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Flux Density ◽  
Green Algae ◽  
White Light ◽  
Light Quality ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Green Light ◽  
Photon Flux ◽  
Photon Flux Density ◽  
Blue Green Algae

The influence of light quality on the growth and chlorophyll and phycobiliprotein composition of eight strains of planktonic blue-green algae has been investigated. Growth rate in chromatic (red, green, blue) light (12 μE m -2 s -1 ) (1 μE = 6 × 10 17 photons) is a general function of the light absorption capacity of the cell. In all strains examined growth rate is enhanced in red light, and in Oscillatoria redekei and Gloeotrichia echinulata CC1 it exceeds the maximum growth rate possible in white light of a higher photon flux density under otherwise similar experimental conditions. In green light the growth rate of six phycocyanin-rich strains is approximately 60–75% of that in white light (12 μE m -2 s -1 ), but growth rate is enhanced in O. agardhii 7821 and G. echinulata CC1, which synthesize the green-light-absorbing phycobiliprotein, phycoerythrin. With the exception of these two phycoerythrin-producing strains, incubation in blue light results in a pronounced reduction in growth rate, which in the majority of strains is associated with a specific decline in cell chlorophyll concentrations. In all strains cell chlorophyll and phycobiliprotein content is similar in both white and green light. Associated with the enhancement of growth rate in red light there is a general decline in cell pigment concentrations. An increase in the cell chlorophyll: phycobiliprotein ratio also occurs in a number of strains in red light. This qualitative variation in pigmentation occurs where growth rate is at or near its maximum rate and in Gloeotrichia echinulata CC1 is the result of a specific reduction in the rate of phycoerythrin synthesis. In contrast to other blue-green algae capable of chromatic adaptation, the modulation of phycoerythrin synthesis in this strain is influenced considerably by the photon flux density of red light.

scholarly journals Micropropagation of phytoplasma-affected Limonium sinuatum Mill. plants

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Gabryszewska ◽  
Maria Kamińska ◽  
Małgorzata Korbin ◽  
Anna Rudzińska-Langwald
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Multiplication Rate ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Axillary Shoots ◽  
The Media

Healthy and AY-affected plants of <em>L.sinuatum</em> have been propagated in vitro for 12 months on the media with and without cytokinins. In the contrary to the healthy plants the phytoplasma affected statice showed abnormal proliferation of the axillary shoots, shortening of the internodes, smaller leaves and severe chlorosis. On the medium without cytokinins, diseased plants proliferated and formed 7.0 axillary shoots per explant but the healthy ones only formed 2.3 shoots; however, the fresh weight of them was similar. On the media with cytokinins, the multiplication rate and fresh weight of healthy shoots greatly in-creased, but of the diseased plants were on the same laevel or decreased. During tissue culture phytoplasma could be detected in symptomatic plants by PCR as well as electron microscope however, the phytoplasmas showed the symptoms of degeneration.

scholarly journals Effects of light quality on growth, total gypenosides accumulation and photosynthesis in Gynostemma pentaphyllum

2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolie Peng ◽  
Ting Wang ◽  
Xingyun Li ◽  
Shibiao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Diurnal Variation ◽  
Net Photosynthetic Rate ◽  
Photosynthetic Rate ◽  
White Light ◽  
Light Quality ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Green Light ◽  
Stem Length ◽  
Gynostemma Pentaphyllum ◽  
Study Results

<strong><em>Gynostemma pentaphyllum</em> is a kind of shade–tolerant plants. It can synthesize and accumulate gypenosides in large amounts. The gypenosides are a valuable medicine. To develop effective cultivation techniques of the plant, effects of light quality on growth, accumulation of total gypenosides and photosynthesis in <em>G. pentaphyllum</em> were investigated in this study. Results showed that light quality had remarkable effect on plant growth. White light had a significant effect on the increase in growth, especially in highest biomass, stem diameter and newly sprouted leaves. Red light accelerated stem length, new leaf formation and biomass when compared with blue and green lights. By contrast, green light had influence on inhibiting the increase of growth and biomass. And moreover, the content of total gypenosides was different in seedlings under different lights. The content of total gypenosides was the highest rank under red and white lights, followed by the content under blue light. The content was the least under green light. The diurnal variation of net photosynthetic rate exhibited a typical double-peak curve when the plant grown under white, red and blue lights respectively, while that under green light presented a single-peak curve. The net photosynthetic rate (Pn) under red light was higher than those under either blue or green lights, but obviously lower than that under white light. The diurnal variation curve of stomatal conductance closely paralleled to that of transpiration rate curve, whereas the curve of intercellular CO<sub>2</sub> concentration exhibited an opposite trend to that of Pn under any of the four lights. It was suggested that the influence of monochromatric light quality on growth and the accumulation of total gypenosides was associated with photosynthesis efficiency. </strong>

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF LIGHT SPECTRUM AND NAPHTHALENE ACETIC ACID ON ROOTING OF SHOOTS FOR TWO VARIETIES OF GERBERA JAMESONII IN VITRO

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
AL-Hamidawi & Hamad
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
White Light ◽  
Root Length ◽  
Red Light ◽  
The Other ◽  
Naphthalene Acetic Acid ◽  
Ms Medium ◽  
Gerbera Jamesonii ◽  
Light Spectrum

This research was conducted at the plant tissue culture Lab. College of Agriclture, University of Baghdad from February to October 2015. The aim of the study was investigate the  influence of light quality and Naphthalene  Acetic Acid(NAA) on some properties of roots for two varieties Martinque and Yanara shoots of Gerbera jamesonii, cultured on MS medium supplemented with 0.3 mg.L -1 Spermidine. The results indicated that 1/2 MS medium with free auxin NAA gave the highest percentage of rooting (75 %) Which differed significantly from the other concentrations of NAA. White light gave the hightest percentage of rooting (89 %), that was not significantly different from the red  light (78%) . While the treatment of Martinque variety under White light gave the highest percentage of rooting (100%), that was not significantly different from Yanara variety that gave (78%). MS medium with free auxin NAA gave the highest number of roots (7.5 % root/shoot ) that was significantly different on all the other concentrations of NAA. MS medium with free auxin NAA under White light of roots (6.6 root/shoot) at Martinque variety . While MS medium with free auxin NAA under blue light gave the highest number of roots (10.10 roots/shoot) that was not different significantly from red light it gave (8.9 root/shoot) Martinque variety gave the highest rate of root length ( 1.62 cm) Which not differend  significantly from Yanara variety it gave (1.49 cm) While The treatment of Martinque variety under White light with NAA- free medium gave the highest rate of root length (3.40 cm) and was significantly different on all the other interactions

scholarly journals Light in intermediate acclimatization of in vitro germinated seedlings of Dendrobium phalaenopsis Deang Suree

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Carlos Sorgato ◽  
Yara Brito Chaim Jardim Rosa ◽  
Jackeline Schultz Soares ◽  
Camila Soares Rosa Lemes ◽  
Gisele Garcia de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
White Light ◽  
Root Length ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Fluorescent Light ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Survival Percentage ◽  
Number Of Leaves ◽  
Weight Number ◽  
Better Than

The success in micropropagation of Dendrobium phalaenopsis Deang Suree is high, but when transplanted into the greenhouse, their survival is minimal. To increase survival in production in the present study it was evaluated the effect of intermediate acclimatization for 30 days in a grow room utilizing the following luminosity conditions: 1- white fluorescent light (B) (18.9µmol m-2 s-1); 2- white fluorescent light + red fluorescent light (GRO-LUX(r)) (BV) (14.85µmol m-2 s-1); 3- red fluorescent light (GRO-LUX(r)) (V) (9.45µmol m-2 s-1) and the control plants were accommodated directly in a greenhouse (162.0µmol m-2 s-1). After this the leaves were characterized anatomically and the plants transferred to the control greenhouse. It was evaluated survival percentage and final number of roots, and calculated the relations between the final and initial values of fresh weight, number of leaves, length and diameter of the largest pseudo bulb, number of pseudo bulbs and longest root length. Only plants submitted to red light, were statistically better than the control in relation to the survival percentage and in relation to fresh weight, while the control showed a higher number of roots that plants acclimatized in this luminosity conditions. Intermediate acclimatization, using red light or red + white light, is recommended for D. phalaenopsis Deang Suree.

scholarly journals Effects of Light Quality on Vegetative Cutting and In Vitro Propagation of Coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides)

HortScience ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 926-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keun H. Cho ◽  
Veronica Y. Laux ◽  
Nathan Wallace-Springer ◽  
David G. Clark ◽  
Kevin M. Folta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Root Development ◽  
Adventitious Root ◽  
Light Quality ◽  
Green Light ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Shoot Tips ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Narrow Bandwidth ◽  
Vegetative Cuttings

Coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides) is an attractive and popular ornamental plant with propagation mainly achieved through vegetative cuttings. For commercial purposes, it is of interest to enhance the speed of establishment while maintaining high quality. Light quality has been shown to influence adventitious root development, so these experiments examined the effect of narrow-bandwidth light treatments on root growth and overall plant quality for seven coleus cultivars with vegetative cuttings in potting soil and one cultivar with shoot tip in vitro cultures onto Murashige and Skoog (MS) agar medium. During the 28 days of the propagation period, the cuttings grown under narrow-bandwidth red light (R; 663.4 nm at peak) more than doubled in the adventitious root number compared with those under blue light (B; 445.7 nm at peak) and green light (G; 530.0 nm at peak) in five cultivars. R light also increased fresh weight of the cuttings by 55.6% more than G light. In comparison, the cuttings grown under G light yielded significantly lower root and shoot dry mass than other light treatments. R light cuttings showed more dry mass content (9.63%) than those under white light (W; 437.4 nm and 559.5 nm at peak) and G light (7.85% and 5.86%, respectively). A positive correlation (R2 = 0.598, P < 0.001) was found between the formation of adventitious roots and gained fresh weight of cuttings. R light made the reddish color of leaves significantly stronger in most cultivars, whereas the cuttings exposed to G light became less vivid compared with other light conditions. When the shoot tips were propagated in vitro onto MS medium, R light treatment initiated the root development more rapidly than other lights, with significantly greater rooting rate (20.0% and 63.6%, respectively) at day 5 and 10. The shoot tips under R light also formed significantly more roots (12.3 per cutting) than those grown under narrow-bandwidth B light (5.8 per cutting). The shoot tips showed browning at an early stage and newly emerged leaves grew very compactly under B light. The combination of red and green light (R+G) increased more than twice as much roots and dry mass compared with W light. In addition, the R+G light led to morphological changes, including larger leaves and longer petioles and internodes than those in other light treatments. The exposure to R+G+B and B light made the shoots very compact for the 28 days of in vitro culture period and significantly increased the chlorophyll contents resulting in dark green leaves.

scholarly journals The Preferences of Different Cultivars of Lettuce Seedlings (Lactuca sativa L.) for the Spectral Composition of Light

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1211
Author(s):  
Barbara Frąszczak ◽  
Monika Kula-Maximenko
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Content ◽  
Blue Light ◽  
White Light ◽  
Leaf Shape ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Spectral Composition ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Light Spectrum ◽  
Dark Green ◽  
Relative Chlorophyll Content

The spectrum of light significantly influences the growth of plants cultivated in closed systems. Five lettuce cultivars with different leaf colours were grown under white light (W, 170 μmol m−2 s−1) and under white light with the addition of red (W + R) or blue light (W + B) (230 μmol m−2 s−1). The plants were grown until they reached the seedling phase (30 days). Each cultivar reacted differently to the light spectrum applied. The red-leaved cultivar exhibited the strongest plasticity in response to the spectrum. The blue light stimulated the growth of the leaf surface in all the plants. The red light negatively influenced the length of leaves in the cultivars, but it positively affected their number in red and dark-green lettuce. It also increased the relative chlorophyll content and fresh weight gain in the cultivars containing anthocyanins. When the cultivars were grown under white light, they had longer leaves and higher value of the leaf shape index. The light-green cultivars had a greater fresh weight. Both the addition of blue and red light significantly increased the relative chlorophyll content in the dark-green cultivar. The spectrum enhanced with blue light had positive influence on most of the parameters under analysis in butter lettuce cultivars. These cultivars were also characterised by the highest absorbance of blue light.

scholarly journals Identification and expression of the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene family members in tomato exposed to different light spectra

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Zexiong Chen ◽  
Juan Lou
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Blue Light ◽  
White Light ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Light Quality ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Floral Transition ◽  
Stem Length ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Phosphate Synthase

Light is the source of energy for plants. Light wavelengths, densities and irradiation periods act as signals directing morphological and physiological characteristics during plant growth and development. To evaluate the effects of light wavelengths on tomato growth and development, Solanum lycopersicum (cv. micro-Tom) seedlings were exposed to different light-quality environments, including white light and red light supplemented with blue light (at ratios of 3:1 and 8;1, respectively). Tomatoes grown under red light supplemented with blue light displayed significantly shorter stem length, a higher number of flower buds and rate of fruit set, but an extremely late flowering compared to white-light-grown plants. To illustrate the mechanism underlying the inhibition of stem growth and floral transition mediated by red/blue light, 10 trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) genes were identified in tomato, and bioinformatics analysis was performed. qRT-PCR analysis showed that SlTPSs were expressed widely throughout plant development and SlTPS1 was expressed at extremely high levels in stems and buds. Further analysis of several flowering-associated genes and microRNAs showed that the expressions of SlTPS1, SlFT and miR172 were significantly downregulated in tomato grown under red and blue light compared with those grown under white light, whereas miR156 transcript levels were increased. A regulatory model underlying vegetative growth and floral transition regulated by light qualities is presented. Our data provide evidence that light quality strongly affects plant growth and phase transition, most likely via the TPS1-T6P signaling pathway.

Presence of Both Hemidiscoidal and Hemiellipsoidal Phycobilisomes in a Phormidium Species (Cyanobacteria)

1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 28-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Westermann ◽  
Wolfgang Reuter ◽  
Christine Schimek ◽  
Werner Wehrmeyer
Keyword(s):  
White Light ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Green Light ◽  
Pigment Ratios ◽  
Light Cells ◽  
Sedimentation Value ◽  
In Cells

Hemidiscoidal and hemiellipsoidal phycobilisomes have been determined in cells of the complementary chromatically adapting cyanobacterium Phormidium sp. C86 . They could be isolated from red and green light-adapted cells, respectively. Hemidiscoidal red light phycobilisomes show molar pigment ratios of allophycocyanin: phycocyanin of 1:4.5 with phycoerythrin lacking. Hemiellipsoidal phycobilisomes induced by green light present allophycocyanin: phycocyanin: phycoerythrin ratios of 1:1:6.8. The differences between the two phycobilisome types could additionally be demonstrated by their ultrastructure and sedimentation values. Isolated red light phycobilisomes have six rods, show dimensions of 70×30×15nm and a sedimentation value of 66 S whereas green light phycobilisomes are nearly twice larger. They contain ten rods and present dimensions of 70×40×25nm and a sedimentation value of 98 S. The number of phycobilisomes in red light cells is almost twice as large as in green light cells. There is evidence that cells grown under white light contain both types as well as “intermediate” forms.

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