Abstract
Among the various types of stress, microwaves and temperature can induce major impacts on plant growth. There is information describing the thermal impact of microwaves on living organisms, but it is necessary to segregate the warming effect and direct impact of microwaves irradiation on plants. It was detected that High Power Microwaves (HPM) (9.3 GHz) and elevated temperature exposure upon tomato seeds and sprouts in primary ontogenetic stages showed a slightly incentive effect on plant-growing indicators such as dry mass, fresh mass, plants height, and assimilation area. Such a positive effect on plant growing parameters could be related to saccharides distribution by microwaves in seeds or plants and nutrients mobilization. Moreover, tomato plants (+R) and seeds (R) irradiation significantly reduced the content of non-structural carbohydrates (raphinose, glucose, fructose, and sucrose). Obtained results confirm that a common plant acclimatization response to various environmental elements is the concentration of secondary metabolites and antioxidants.
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Claim · model-written summary
High-power microwaves and elevated temperature slightly stimulated dry mass, fresh mass and plant height of tomato.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- High Power Microwaves (HPM) (9.3 GHz) and elevated temperature exposuree1
- Outcome
- dry mass, fresh mass, plants heighte1
- Direction
- slightly incentive effecte1
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Verbatim
e1“High Power Microwaves (HPM) (9.3 GHz) and elevated temperature exposure upon tomato seeds and sprouts in primary ontogenetic stages showed a slightly incentive effect on plant-growing indicators such as dry mass, fresh mass, plants height, and assimilation area”
Claim · model-written summary
High-power microwaves and elevated temperature slightly stimulated assimilation area of tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- High Power Microwaves (HPM) (9.3 GHz) and elevated temperature exposuree1
- Outcome
- assimilation areae1
- Direction
- slightly incentive effecte1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“High Power Microwaves (HPM) (9.3 GHz) and elevated temperature exposure upon tomato seeds and sprouts in primary ontogenetic stages showed a slightly incentive effect on plant-growing indicators such as dry mass, fresh mass, plants height, and assimilation area”
Claim · model-written summary
The growth-promoting effect may relate to microwave-driven saccharide distribution and nutrient mobilization.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Compound
- saccharidese2
- Outcome
- positive effect on plant growing parameterse2
- Qualifier
- nutrients mobilizatione2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“High Power Microwaves (HPM) (9.3 GHz) and elevated temperature exposure upon tomato seeds and sprouts in primary ontogenetic stages”
e2“Such a positive effect on plant growing parameters could be related to saccharides distribution by microwaves in seeds or plants and nutrients mobilization”
Claim · model-written summary
Microwave irradiation of tomato plants and seeds significantly reduced the content of non-structural carbohydrates.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Treatment
- tomato plants (+R) and seeds (R) irradiatione3
- Outcome
- content of non-structural carbohydratese3
- Direction
- significantly reducede3
- Qualifier
- raphinose, glucose, fructose, and sucrosee3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“tomato plants (+R) and seeds (R) irradiation significantly reduced the content of non-structural carbohydrates (raphinose, glucose, fructose, and sucrose)”
Claim · model-written summary
Plants respond to various environmental elements by accumulating secondary metabolites and antioxidants.
Verbatim
e4“Obtained results confirm that a common plant acclimatization response to various environmental elements is the concentration of secondary metabolites and antioxidants”
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