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Effects of different light qualities on seedling growth and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of Dendrobium officinale

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Light is one of the most important environmental factors for plant growth and development. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of light quality on seedling growth, chlorophyll pigment content, anti-oxidant systems, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, photosynthetic efficiency, biological production and active ingredient of polysaccharide accumulation of D. officinale. The results showed that the effects of different light qualities on the growth and development, photosynthetic pigment and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of D. officinale seedlings were extremely different. Blue light (BL) promoted stem diameter, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and total chlorophyll content. Red light (RL) increased seedling height, relative water content, non photochemical quenching (NPQ), chlorophyll a/b, relative electrolyte conductivity (REC) and extract content; while mixtures of blue and red lights (RBL) accelerated significantly seedling height, malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm), photochemical quenching (qP), electron transport rate (ETR) and polysaccharide content. Therefore, it was thought that RBL can improve seedling growth and development through enhancing photosynthetic pigment synthesis, antioxidant enzymes activities, PSII system energy conversion and utilization efficiency, and thus delaying leaf senescence to ensure vigorous growth. These results could play an important role in seedling cultivation of D. officinale.

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Abbreviations

BL:

blue light

RL:

red light

RBL:

mixtures of blue plus red lights

Chi:

chlorophyll

MDA:

malondialdehyde

REC:

relative electrolyte conductivity

RWC:

relative water content

SOD:

superoxide dismutase

POD:

peroxidase

CAT:

catalase

NPQ:

non photochemical quenching

Fv/Fm:

maximum quantum yield

qP:

photochemical quenching

ETR:

electron transport rate

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Linan, Hangzhou, 311300, P. R. China

    Yang Wang, Yafei Tong, **aomin Chen, Huwei Yuan, Daoliang Yan & Bingsong Zheng

  2. State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China

    Haipeng Guo

  3. Forestry Bureau of Hengfeng County, Shangrao, Jiangxi, 334300, P. R. China

    Huailiang Chu

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Wang, Y., Tong, Y., Chu, H. et al. Effects of different light qualities on seedling growth and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of Dendrobium officinale. Biologia 72, 735–744 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2017-0081

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