Aida Shomali; Oksana Vladimirovna Lastochkina; Mohammad Mohammadian; Anshu Rastogi; Massimo Bosacchi; Tao li; Sasan Aliniaeifard
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Acclimation to the privilege lighting environment is an important step for survival of newly developed horticultural plants such as for transplants, tissue culture-generated plants and for mature plants when there is a change in the light intensity during the growth period or even during the course of ...
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Acclimation to the privilege lighting environment is an important step for survival of newly developed horticultural plants such as for transplants, tissue culture-generated plants and for mature plants when there is a change in the light intensity during the growth period or even during the course of one day. Excess light energy capture without antecedent acclimation imposes photooxidative cellular damage and photoinhibition. Absorption of excess light beyond the capacity for photosynthetic electron transport is harmful to photosynthetic organisms. However, plants are equipped with photoprotective mechanisms to attenuate the detrimental effect of excess light energy on the photosynthesis apparatus. In this review, we discussed how different controlled environment horticulture (CEH) systems presented lots of opportunities for improving yield and quality, and the current understanding of the direct and indirect functional roles of light spectra in the regulation of photoinhibition and photoprotection are discussed.
Mohammad Adibian; Yosef Hamidoghli; Sasan Aliniaeifard
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In the past decade, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), as a suitable replacement for many other types of light sources, have attracted lots of attention. Supplemental lighting improves growth and yield of greenhouse vegetables such as sweet pepper, cucumber and tomato in all-year round. In the present study, ...
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In the past decade, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), as a suitable replacement for many other types of light sources, have attracted lots of attention. Supplemental lighting improves growth and yield of greenhouse vegetables such as sweet pepper, cucumber and tomato in all-year round. In the present study, to investigate the quality of LED lighting on sweet pepper seedlings, the effects of three combinations of red (R) and blue (B) LEDs (R90B10, R80B20, and R70B30, with light intensity of 200 μmolm-2s-1 for all LED light treatments) were studied on the growth and photosynthesis functionality of two greenhouse sweet pepper cultivars (̒Padra̓ and ̒Shadleen̓) under two growing seasons of winter and summer in Rasht, Iran (latitude ˜ 37 °N). Thicker stems, wider leaf area, higher biomass, as well as improved photosynthetic functionality were detected in seedlings exposed to the supplemental lights. An increase in the ratio of B light led to positive effects on the growth and photosynthesis functionality of the seedlings. However, no significant difference was observed between the cultivars. The effect of supplemental light was more emphasized in the winter. In this way, the control seedlings were weak and pale, while strong seedlings with dark green leaves were produced under the supplemental light. In conclusion, supplemental LED lighting was presented as a practical tool for the commercial production of greenhouse seedlings
Oksana Lastochkina; Darya Garshina; Chulpan Allagulova; Liudmila Pusenkova; Svetlana Garipova; Dilara Maslennikova; Kristina Fedorova; Irina Shpirnaya; Almaz Ibragimov; Igor Koryakov; Azalia Sakhapova; Guzel Yuldasbaeva; Anastasia Dmitrieva; Mohammadhadi Sobhani; Sasan Aliniaeifard
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Beneficial microorganisms which help plants to grow better especially under stress conditions are known as plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB). These biotic agents, especially Bacillus subtilis have well-known role in plant growth promotion and induction of tolerance to stress in plants. They are ...
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Beneficial microorganisms which help plants to grow better especially under stress conditions are known as plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB). These biotic agents, especially Bacillus subtilis have well-known role in plant growth promotion and induction of tolerance to stress in plants. They are deemed to act as bio-active and eco-friendly agents to facilitate plant growth under stressful conditions and even to control postharvest decays. Microbial antagonists, including B. subtilis, effectively control postharvest diseases of different fruits, vegetables and flowers, which is manifested in prolonged storage period and shelf/vase life, while preserving qualities and reducing weight losses. In this review paper we highlight the potential benefit of PGPBs especially B. subtilis, as important biotic useful agents to help horticultural plant perform better under stressful conditions and to delay senescence and control the postharvest deterioration through activation of different defense mechanisms. We further elaborate the underlying mechanisms that PGPB used to help plants to cope with stressful conditions. Nevertheless, the mechanisms of PGPB especially B. subtilis action requires further detailed investigations to fully utilize their potentials in horticulture industry.
Sasan Aliniaeifard; Mehdi Seif; Mostafa Arab; Mahboobeh Zare Mehrjerdi; Tao Li; Oksana Lastochkina
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Light is the driving force for plant photosynthesis. Different attributes of light (e.g. intensity, spectrum and duration) can influence plant growth and development. We studied growth and photosystem II performance ofEnglish marigold cut flowers under red (635-665 nm) and white (420-700 nm) LEDs. Although ...
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Light is the driving force for plant photosynthesis. Different attributes of light (e.g. intensity, spectrum and duration) can influence plant growth and development. We studied growth and photosystem II performance ofEnglish marigold cut flowers under red (635-665 nm) and white (420-700 nm) LEDs. Although growing plants under red light resulted in morphological deformation such as leaf epinasty, it led to an early flowering and improved growth compared with white light-grown plants. In plants that were grown under red light, flowers were emerged 45 days after germination. In the time of flowering, there were 30 leaves (sum of rosette and lateral leaves) on the red light-grown plants, while 20 leaves were observed on white light-grown plants without flowering on day 45. Fast induction of chlorophyll fluorescence showed that fluorescence intensities of O-J-I-P phases in a typical fluorescence transient exhibited after a 20 min dark-adapted leaves were increased in red light-grown plants. Maximum efficiency of photosystem II (Fv/Fm) and performance index per absorbed light were decreased by red light, while quantum yield of energy dissipation was increased by red light. Most of the energy absorbed by the photosystems in red light-grown plants was dissipated as heat. In conclusion, although red light improved growth and induced early flowering in Calendula officinalis, full light spectrum is required to prevent leaf deformation and electron transport disruption under monochromatic red light.
Kianoush Hassanzadeh; Sasan Aliniaeifard; Mohammad Mehdi Farzinia; Madeh Ahmadi
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Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) is an important medicinal plant that contained a wide range of secondary metabolites such as rosmarinic acid. In this study, essential oil content and composition and rosmarinc acid were determined at three phenological stages (before flowering, full flowering ...
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Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) is an important medicinal plant that contained a wide range of secondary metabolites such as rosmarinic acid. In this study, essential oil content and composition and rosmarinc acid were determined at three phenological stages (before flowering, full flowering and fruit set stages). Hydro distillation method was used for essential oil extraction and GC and GC/MS was used for essential oil composition. On the basis of the obtained results rosemary plants in full flowering stage had higher amount of essential oil (1.99 ml/100 g dry weight) than in before flowering and fruit set stages (1.2 and 1.01 ml/100 per g dry weight, respectively). The extracted essential oil was contained 1,8-cineole, α-pinene, verbenone, camphor, geraniol, borneol acetae, camphene and linalool as major constituents. These constituents were affected by phenological stages. Before flowering, 1,8-cineole, α-pinene and verbenone (13.68%), in full flowering, 1,8-cineole (17.90%) and in fruit set α-pinene (21.77%) were the main constituents of the reosemary essential oil. Using HPLC analysis on leaf extract showed that the highest amount of rosmarinic acid (25.92mg/g DW) was observed in the fruit set stage. In conclusion, for essential oil content full flowering stage can be recommended for harvesting of Rosmarinus officinalis L. and for rosmarinic acid, fruit set stage can be the best time for harvesting of this medicinal plant.
