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Li Q, Xu Y, Liu YQ, Qin L. Lipid and Amino Acid Pathway Metabolites Contribute to Cold Tolerance in Quercus wutaishanica. Metabolites 2023; 13:1094. [PMID: 37887419 PMCID: PMC10608989 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13101094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Cold is an important environmental stress affecting the growth, productivity, and geographic distribution of tree species. Oaks are important for environmental conservation and wood supplies. Oak metabolites respond to low temperatures (LTs). In this study, the physiological and metabolic responses of two oak species to cold stress were investigated and compared. The field observations and physiological responses showed that Quercus wutaishanica was more cold-tolerant than Q. acutissima. After frost, the one-year-old twigs of Q. wutaishanica had higher survival rates, accumulated more soluble sugar and protein, and exhibited higher superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity than those of Q. acutissima. Untargeted metabolomics identified 102 and 78 differentially accumulated metabolites in Q. acutissima and Q. wutaishanica, respectively, when the leaves were subjected to LTs (4 °C for 24 h). The carbohydrate and flavonoid metabolites contributed to the cold tolerance of both oak species. Succinate, an intermediate in the citric acid cycle, was significantly inhibited by LTs, a potential energy conservation strategy. Unlike Q. acutissima, Q. wutaishanica underwent metabolic reprogramming that significantly increased the contents of phosphatidylcholine, gallic acid, oxidized glutathione, shikimate, and phenylpyruvate under LTs. Our data provide a reference for characterizing the mechanisms involved in the response of oak species to cold temperatures and enhancing the cold tolerance of forest trees.
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- Department of Sericulture, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (Q.L.); (Y.X.)
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- Department of Sericulture, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; (Q.L.); (Y.X.)
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Atta BM, Saleem M, Abro S, Rizwan M, Sarwar G, Farooq A. Enhancement of germination and yield of cotton through optical seed priming: Lab. and diverse environment studies. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0288255. [PMID: 37471373 PMCID: PMC10358893 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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The current study demonstrates the practical application of optical seed priming technology to improve cotton seed germination, plant growth, crop yield, and fiber quality. The hypothesis of this study is that seed irradiation with different colors of light can improve germination and cotton productivity in different environments. In the priming of cotton seeds, a wider range of the light spectrum was used, ranging from ultraviolet (UV) to red wavelengths. Various light sources such as blue LED, red LED, diode laser, UV-B, and UV-C were studied, along with different exposure times and energy densities. The exposure time ranged from 1.0 to 36.0 minutes, while the energy density doses varied from 88 to 7550 mJ cm-2, depending on the light source. In laboratory conditions, the investigation on the impact of optical seed priming on germination showed a maximum improvement of up to 180% compared to the control group. Among the different light sources and energy densities, blue LED light was found to be the most effective for enhancing cotton seed germination across different varieties. To validate the findings from the laboratory, large-scale field trials were conducted in two different environments in Pakistan, namely Tandojam and Faisalabad. The field trials demonstrated significant improvements in germination and yield, with increases of up to 37% and 74% over the control group, respectively. Once again, blue LED light emerged as the best light source for optical seed priming at the farm level. These field trials provided encouraging results, indicating the potential of the eco-friendly optical seed priming technique. The study suggests that optical seed priming can be a commercially viable technology for improving cotton seed germination, plant growth, crop yield, and fiber quality. By utilizing this technique, growers and researchers in developing countries can address the challenge of poor cotton germination and potentially enhance their agricultural productivity.
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- Babar Manzoor Atta
- Agri. & Biophotonics Division, National Institute of Lasers and Optronics College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Agri. & Biophotonics Division, National Institute of Lasers and Optronics College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Cotton Research Station, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Cotton Research Station, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Puértolas E, Pérez I, Murgui X. Potential of CO 2 laser for food processing: Applications and challenges. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2023:1-15. [PMID: 36927208 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2023.2188954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Laser food processing has the breath-taking potential to revolutionize the industry in many aspects. Among the different laser configurations, CO2 laser has received special attention due to its relative high efficiency in power generation, its high-power output and its laser beam wavelength, infrared, which is strongly absorbed by water, the main component of food materials. Over the last 50 years, different uses of CO2 laser for processing foods have been proposed so far, including cooking, broiling and browning, selective laser sintering, marking, microperforation for improving downstream mass transfer operations (e.g. infusion, diffusion, marinating, salting, drying, extraction), cutting and peeling, and microbial surface decontamination. The present work is a review of the state of the art of the use of CO2 laser for food processing that covers the main characteristics and mechanisms of this technology, as well as the most important published results regarding its applications in the agri-food sector, highlighting the main challenges to bring out its full potential in the coming years.
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- Eduardo Puértolas
- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Spain
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- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Spain
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- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Spain
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Maher KA, Ahmed AE, Hassan H, El-raie A. Effect of Laser Irradiation and Rhizobium on Growth Parameters of Clover.. [DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2371415/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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This study aims to study the effect of different combinations of Laser or/and Rhizobium on the growth parameters of clover plants. To carry out this study, irradiation of seeds by laser radiation and seeds incubation by Rhizobium combination with laser exposure times 5, 10, and 15 minutes compared to untreated seeds were used. Growth plants were cut four times during the growing season every 40–45 days, then growth parameters were measured. Obtained results showed that using treated seeds by combination laser exposed for 5 minutes and Rhizobium gave higher growth parameters followed by 10 minutes and control. While the exposure time of 15 minutes was less value. By using Laser excised times or/and Rhizobium, the results indicated that the growth parameters values of cover plants at irrigated with fresh water were higher than clover plants irrigated with groundwater. So, the authors recommended to use of irridiation by Laser beam and/or incubation by Rhizobium of clover seeds or any different seeds crops in order to improve vegetation and productivity of crops.
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- National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science (NILES), Cairo University
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Dudareva L, Tarasenko V, Rudikovskaya E. Involvement of Photoprotective Compounds of a Phenolic Nature in the Response of Arabidopsis Thaliana Leaf Tissues to Low-Intensity Laser Radiation. Photochem Photobiol 2020; 96:1243-1250. [PMID: 32474931 DOI: 10.1111/php.13289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The influence of low-intensity laser radiation (LILR) on the changes in the content of anthocyanins, kaempferol, quercetin and their glycosides in the leaves of 5-week-old plants of Arabidopsis thaliana L. was studied by means of methods of high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). It was found that in the leaves subjected to a stimulating He-Ne laser radiation dose (3.6 J cm-2 , continuous wave radiation, wavelength-632.8 nm, exposure time-5 min), the radiation induced an increase in the content of such compounds, the most significant one being in the case of anthocyanins (9 times). The present study also revealed an increase in the antioxidant potential of kaempferol, quercetin and their glycosides as a result of laser exposure. This increase was due to the preferential synthesis of compounds with a larger number of OH-groups on the phenyl ring. Thus, the content of quercetin, which has five OH-groups in its structure, increased almost by three times as compared to the control.
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- Lyubov Dudareva
- Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
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- Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
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- Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
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Qiu Z, He Y, Zhang Y, Guo J, Wang L. Characterization of miRNAs and their target genes in He-Ne laser pretreated wheat seedlings exposed to drought stress. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 164:611-617. [PMID: 30153643 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.08.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 08/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Drought stress is considered a critical environmental factor that negatively affects wheat growth and development, which causes considerable losses in wheat yields worldwide. More recently, numerous microRNAs (miRNAs) have been found to be involved in wheat responses to drought stresses. However, there is little information regarding the effects of He-Ne laser irradiation on the expression traits of miRNAs and their targets in wheat seedlings exposed to drought stress. In the current study, therefore, a combination of physiological and molecular approaches was used to assess the effect of He-Ne laser irradiation on the expression of miRNAs and their targets in wheat seedlings exposed to drought stress. Our results demonstrated that drought stress significantly reduced plant height, root length, shoot and root fresh weight, relative water content, the expression level and activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), enhanced malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration in the wheat seedlings. However, He-Ne laser irradiation significantly enhanced the activities of SOD, ascorbate peroxidase (APX), peroxidase (POD) and relative water content, and reduced MDA concentration of seedlings by regulating gene expression for SOD, POD, APX. In addition, in comparison with drought stress alone, miR160, miR164 and miR398 transcripts were down-regulated, and expression levels of its targets auxin response factor (ARF22), NAC domain transcription factor and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutases (CSD) were up-regulated in He-Ne laser irradiated seedlings exposed to drought stress. These results suggested that He-Ne laser irradiation could possible protection of drought stress, at least partially, by increasing the transcript levels and activities of SOD, POD and APX, and decreasing the transcript levels of miR160, miR164 and miR398. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to present biochemical and molecular evidence supporting the effect of He-Ne laser irradiation on the alleviation of drought stress in wheat seedlings mediated by miRNA expression.
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- Zongbo Qiu
- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, PR China.
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- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, PR China
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- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, PR China
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- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, PR China
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- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, PR China
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Swathy PS, Rupal G, Prabhu V, Mahato KK, Muthusamy A. In vitro culture responses, callus growth and organogenetic potential of brinjal ( Solanum melongena L.) to He-Ne laser irradiation. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2017; 174:333-341. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Physiological and transcriptome analysis of He-Ne laser pretreated wheat seedlings in response to drought stress. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6108. [PMID: 28733678 PMCID: PMC5522386 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06518-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Drought stress is a serious problem worldwide that reduces crop productivity. The laser has been shown to play a positive physiological role in enhancing plant seedlings tolerance to various abiotic stresses. However, little information is available about the molecular mechanism of He-Ne laser irradiation induced physiological changes for wheat adapting to drought conditions. Here, we performed a large-scale transcriptome sequencing to determine the molecular roles of He-Ne laser pretreated wheat seedlings under drought stress. There were 98.822 transcripts identified, and, among them, 820 transcripts were found to be differentially expressed in He-Ne laser pretreated wheat seedlings under drought stress compared with drought stress alone. Furthermore, most representative transcripts related to photosynthesis, nutrient uptake and transport, homeostasis control of reactive oxygen species and transcriptional regulation were expressed predominantly in He-Ne laser pretreated wheat seedlings. Thus, the up-regulated physiological processes of photosynthesis, antioxidation and osmotic accumulation because of the modified expressions of the related genes could contribute to the enhanced drought tolerance induced by He-Ne laser pretreatment. These findings will expand our understanding of the complex molecular events associated with drought tolerance conferred by laser irradiation in wheat and provide abundant genetic resources for future studies on plant adaptability to environmental stresses.
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Gao LM, Li YF, Han R. He-Ne laser preillumination improves the resistance of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) seedlings to high saline conditions. PROTOPLASMA 2015; 252:1135-1148. [PMID: 25547962 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-014-0748-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this paper, we explored the protective effect and physiochemical mechanism of He-Ne laser preillumination in enhancement of tall fescue seedlings tolerance to high salt stress. The results showed that salt stress greatly reduced plant growth, plant height, biomass, leaf development, ascorbate acid (AsA) and glutathione (GSH) concentration, the enzymatic activities, and gene expression levels of antioxidant enzymes such as catalase (CAT) and glutathione reductase (GR) and enhanced hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content, superoxide radical (O2 (·-)) generation rates, membrane lipid peroxidation, relative electrolyte leakage, the enzymatic activities, and gene expression levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and peroxidase (POD), compared with controls. However, He-Ne laser preillumination significantly reversed plant growth retardation, biomass loss, and leaves development decay induced by salt stress. And the values of the physiochemical parameters observed in salt-stressed plants were partially reverted or further increased by He-Ne laser. Salt stress had no obvious effect on the transcriptional activity of phytochromeB, whereas He-Ne laser markedly enhanced its transcriptional level. Preillumination with white fluorescent lamps (W), red light (RL) of the same wavelength, or RL, then far-red light (FRL) had not alleviated the inhibitory effect of salt stress on plant growth and antioxidant enzymes activities, suggesting that the effect of He-Ne laser on improved salt tolerance was most likely attributed to the induction of phytochromeB transcription activities by the laser preillumination, but not RL, FRL or other light sources. In addition, we also utilized sodium nitroprusside (SNP) as NO donor to pre-treat tall fescue seedlings at the same conditions, and further evaluated the differences of physiological effects between He-Ne laser and NO in increasing salt resistance of tall fescue. Taken together, our data illustrated that He-Ne laser preillumination contributed to conferring an increased tolerance to salt stress in tall fescue seedlings due to alleviating oxidative damage through scavenging free radicals and inducing transcriptional activities of some genes involved in plant antioxidant system, and the induction of phytochromeB transcriptional level by He-Ne laser was probably correlated with these processes. Moreover, this positive physiochemical effect seemed more effective with He-Ne laser than NO molecule.
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- Li-Mei Gao
- College of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, 041004, China,
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Malekzadeh P, Khara J, Heydari R. Alleviating effects of exogenous Gamma-aminobutiric acid on tomato seedling under chilling stress. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 20:133-7. [PMID: 24554847 PMCID: PMC3925484 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-013-0203-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 08/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Low temperature during germination and early seedling growth is one of the most significant limiting factors in the productivity of plants. Tomato seedling germination is sensitive to chilling stress. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), as a non-protein amino acid, involved in various stress tolerances in plants. In this study, 5-day old tomato seedlings were exposed to chilling stress (2 ± 0.05 °C for 48 h) and then the effects of 0, 100, 250, 500 and 750 μmolL(-1) concentrations of GABA on electrolyte leakage, proline and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were investigated. The resultS showed that the antioxidant enzyme activity, electrolyte leakage, MDA and proline content were significantly reduced by GABA treatments. However under chilling stress seedlings treated with GABA exhibited significantly higher sugar and proline contents as compared to un-treated seedlings. These results suggest that GABA treatment protects tomato seedlings from chilling stress by enhancing some antioxidant enzymes activity and reducing MDA content which results in maintaining membrane integrity.
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- Parviz Malekzadeh
- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
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Qiu Z, Li J, Zhang M, Bi Z, Li Z. He-Ne laser pretreatment protects wheat seedlings against cadmium-induced oxidative stress. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2013. [PMID: 23177204 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The aim of the investigation is to determine the effect of He-Ne laser pretreatment of wheat seeds on the resistance of seedlings to cadmium stress. Changes in physiological, biochemical and molecular characters were measured. Our results showed that 150 μM Cd treatment significantly reduced plant height, root length, shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weight, root dry weight, ascorbate acid (AsA) and glutathione (GSH) concentration, the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and gene expression levels of SOD, APX, enhanced the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and the rate of superoxide radical (O(2)(•-)) generation in the wheat seedlings when compared with the control. However, seeds with He-Ne laser pretreatment 5 min conferred tolerance to cadmium stress in wheat seedlings by decreasing the concentration of MDA and H(2)O(2), the rate of O(2)(•-) generation and increasing the gene expression levels of SOD, POD, APX, the activities of SOD, POD, CAT, APX and AsA and GSH concentration. These results suggest that those changes in MDA, O(2)(•-), H(2)O(2), anti-oxidative enzymes, gene expression level and anti-oxidative compounds are responsible for the increase in cadmium stress resistance observed in the experiments. The results also showed that the laser had a positive physiological effect on the growth of cadmium stressed seedlings. This is the first investigation reporting the use of He-Ne laser pretreatment to enhance of wheat seedlings tolerance to cadmium stress.
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- ZongBo Qiu
- College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, PR China.
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Muthusamy A, Kudwa PP, Prabhu V, Mahato KK, Babu VS, Rao MR, Gopinath PM, Satyamoorthy K. Influence of Helium-Neon Laser Irradiation on Seed Germination In Vitro and Physico-Biochemical Characters in Seedlings of Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) var. Mattu Gulla. Photochem Photobiol 2012; 88:1227-35. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01162.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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