Photosynthetica 2020, 58(4):922-931 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2020.040

Red light optimized physiological traits and enhanced the growth of ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.)

M. REHMAN1, S. FAHAD2, M.H. SALEEM3, M. HAFEEZ5, M.H. UR RAHMAN6,7, F. LIU1, G. DENG1
1 School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, 650504 Kunming, China
2 Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
3 College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, China
5 Department of Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
6 Department of Agronomy, MNS - University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
7 Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Crop Science Group, University Bonn, Germany

Light is an important variable affecting the plant growth. In present study, the effects of different color light-emitting diodes (mixed colors, red, blue, and orange light) on plant growth, gas exchange, and oxidative stress were investigated in Boehmeria nivea L., by means of measuring growth, photosynthesis, chlorophyll (Chl) content, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and activity of antioxidant enzymes under controlled conditions. Comparing to the mixed colors light, red light significantly increased shoot and leaf biomass, plant height, number of leaves per plant, and stem diameter by increasing the Chl content and therefore promoting the highest photosynthetic capacity. This might partially be explained by the decrease of malondialdehyde and proline contents as well as the activities of superoxide dismutase and peroxidase under red light, to keep a better internal environment of the cell. However, blue and orange light decreased plant growth, and increased the activities of antioxidant enzymes which suggest an environmental stress on plants. These results suggest that red light can enhance B. nivea growth by activating photosynthesis and reducing ROS accumulation.

Additional key words: antioxidant system; gas-exchange parameters; light quality; morphological traits.

Received: February 6, 2020; Revised: April 3, 2020; Accepted: May 4, 2020; Prepublished online: June 22, 2020; Published: September 4, 2020  Show citation

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REHMAN, M., FAHAD, S., SALEEM, M.H., HAFEEZ, M., UR RAHMAN, M.H., LIU, F., & DENG, G. (2020). Red light optimized physiological traits and enhanced the growth of ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.). Photosynthetica, 58(4), 922-931. doi: 10.32615/ps.2020.040
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