Claim · model-written summary
Ultraviolet radiation decreased photosynthetic pigments, shoot and root biomass, and root and shoot lengths.
- Treatment
- ultraviolet radiationse0
- Outcome
- photosynthetic pigments, shoot and root biomass, and root and shoot lengthse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Various deleterious effects of ultraviolet radiations were recorded in Zea mays including decreased photosynthetic pigments, shoot and root biomass, and root and shoot lengths.”
Title
Abdelghafar AbuElsaoud; Raghda Shahda THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY (Botany) 2017. doi:10.5455/egyjebb.20171020112359
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- Intervention effect He-Ne laser irradiation increased shoot length, leaf number, shoot biomass in week 1, and root dry weight.
- Intervention effect He-Ne laser irradiation increased chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and total chlorophyll.
- Intervention effect Low laser doses decreased superoxide free radical, hydrogen peroxide, and lipid peroxidation.
- Intervention effect Higher laser doses increased superoxide free radical, hydrogen peroxide, and lipid peroxidation.
- Intervention effect Laser pretreatment before UVA+B exposure slightly increased plant length and leaf number.
- Intervention effect Laser pretreatment before UVA+B exposure increased root length.
- Intervention effect Laser pretreatment before UVA+B exposure decreased shoot/root length.
- Intervention effect Some laser pretreatments increased leaf parameters under UVA+B exposure.
- Intervention effect He-Ne laser pretreatment at 10 to 300 seconds alleviated damage from 7.2 KJ m−2 d−1 UVA+B radiation.