Study of the beneficial effects of green light on lettuce grown under short-term continuous red and blue light-emitting diodes

Bian, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-8312-840X, Yang, Q., Li, T., Cheng, R., Barnett, Y. and Lu, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0064-4725, 2018. Study of the beneficial effects of green light on lettuce grown under short-term continuous red and blue light-emitting diodes. Physiologia Plantarum. ISSN 0031-9317

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Abstract

Red and blue light are the most important light spectra for driving photosynthesis to produce adequate crop yield. It is also believed that green light may contribute to adaptations to growth. However, the effects of green light, which can trigger specific and necessary responses of plant growth, have been underestimated in the past. In this study, lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) was exposed to different continuous light (CL) conditions for 48 h by a combination of red and blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) supplemented with or without green LEDs, in an environmental-controlled growth chamber. Green light supplementation enhanced photosynthetic capacity by increasing net photosynthetic rates (Pn), maximal photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm), electron transport for carbon fixation (JPSII) and chlorophyll content in plants under the CL treatment. Green light decreased malondialdehyde and H2O2 accumulation by increasing the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD; EC 1.15.1.1) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX; EC 1.11.1.11) after 24 h of CL. Supplemental green light significantly increased the expression of photosynthetic genes LHCb and PsbA from 6 to 12 h, and these gene expression were maintained at higher levels than those under other light conditions between 12 and 24 h. However, a notable down-regulation of both LHCb and PsbA was observed during 24 to 48 h. These results indicate that the effects of green light on lettuce plant growth, via enhancing activity of particular components of antioxidantive enzyme system and promoting of LHCb and PsbA expression to maintain higher photosynthetic capacity, alleviated a number of the negative effects caused by CL.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Physiologia Plantarum
Creators:	Bian, Z., Yang, Q., Li, T., Cheng, R., Barnett, Y. and Lu, C.
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Date:	1 March 2018
ISSN:	0031-9317
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1111/ppl.12713 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	28 Mar 2018 08:28
Last Modified:	20 Aug 2020 14:25
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/33129

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