scholarly journals Effects of light qualities on growth, lipid contents and fatty acids profiles of Cylindrotheca closterium

Author(s):  
Congying Zhang Zhang ◽  
Ruibing Peng ◽  
Yi Wu ◽  
Zhihong Wu ◽  
Zuhao Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Marine diatoms were considered as a promising alternative to microbial resources for the development of biofuels, food additives, medicines and chemical materials. Light of wavelength is a principal element that can easily be controlled in microalgal scale-culture and influence the growth, pigment composition, and lipids accumulation of algal cells. With the increasing implementation of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in microalgal production systems (photobioreactors), a measure of light quality controlled by LED could be suitable to improve microalgal yields. Results In this study, Cylindrotheca Closterium, a widely used diatom, influenced by five light quality (white, red, blue, green and yellow light) was tested for its effects of growth rates, chlorophylls contents, total lipids contents and fatty acids compositions. The growth and chlorophyll experiments also showed that the green and yellow light significantly improve the growth rates and chlorophylls contents than other groups (P < 0.05). The group white light showed the greatest increases in total lipid contents of C. closterium (P < 0.05). The group blue light had the highest polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) proportion (P < 0.05), while the group white showed the lowest PUFAs and the highest saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) proportions (P < 0.05). The proportions of SFAs and MUFAs were negatively correlated with growth, chlorophylls, and lipids. And the proportion of PUFAs and n-3 PUFA was positively correlated with growth chlorophylls, and lipids. Principal component analysis showed that the fatty acid composition differed among light quality groups. Conclusion In summary, green light and yellow light were conductive to boosting the growth and chlorophylls accumulation of C. closterium. White light increased total lipid yields, while blue light was superior in increasing the production of unsaturated fatty acids, especially on the timnodonic acid (EPA). The application of two-step methods to increase the production of biomass and fatty acids is an effective measure for the cultivation of C. closterium; green light is used to increase the growth, followed by white light cultivation to improve total lipids or blue light to enhance the proportion of PUFAs of C. closterium.

2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Jerzy ◽  
Piotr Zakrzewski ◽  
Anita Schroeter-Zakrzewska

The pot cultivar of <i>Chrysanthemum</i> × <i>grandiflorum</i> 'Leticia Time Yellow' was cultivated and stored in a growth room under fluorescent light of white, blue, green, yellow and red colour. Quantum irradiance was 30 μmol · m<sup>-2</sup> × s<sup>-1</sup>. The colour of light exerted a significant influence on the opening of closed inflorescence buds and on post-harvest longevity of pot chrysanthemums grown earlier in an unheated plastic tunnel. Under florescent lamps emitting blue light at a wavelength of 400-580 nm, inflorescence buds opened and coloured the earliest. The number of developed flower heads was the greatest under blue and white light. Flower heads developing in blue light were bigger than flower heads developing in white and green light. In red light at a wavelength of 600-700 nm, plants flowered latest and they produced the smallest flower heads. Post-harvest longevity was preserved longest in chrysanthemums kept under blue, white and green light. In red and yellow light, the flowers were overblown earliest.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
Idrus Umar

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of giving different colors of light on carcass percentage and carcass weight in Kampung Super chickens. The research design used was a completely randomized design (CRD). A total of 80 Kampung Super chickens were used in this study. The research treatments were P1 (white light color), P2 (yellow light color), P3 (green light color), P4 (red light color), P5 (blue light color). The results of the study of the highest carcass presentation were found in the treatment that was given red light with an average value of 62.455%. The highest carcass weight was found in the same treatment, which was given a red light with an average value of 674.75 g/head. The provision of different light colors did not have a significant effect on the carcass percentage and carcass weight of the finisher phase super free-range chicken. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Zexiong Chen ◽  
Juan Lou

Light is the source of energy for plants. Light wavelengths, densities and irradiation periods act as signals directing morphological and physiological characteristics during plant growth and development. To evaluate the effects of light wavelengths on tomato growth and development, Solanum lycopersicum (cv. micro-Tom) seedlings were exposed to different light-quality environments, including white light and red light supplemented with blue light (at ratios of 3:1 and 8;1, respectively). Tomatoes grown under red light supplemented with blue light displayed significantly shorter stem length, a higher number of flower buds and rate of fruit set, but an extremely late flowering compared to white-light-grown plants. To illustrate the mechanism underlying the inhibition of stem growth and floral transition mediated by red/blue light, 10 trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) genes were identified in tomato, and bioinformatics analysis was performed. qRT-PCR analysis showed that SlTPSs were expressed widely throughout plant development and SlTPS1 was expressed at extremely high levels in stems and buds. Further analysis of several flowering-associated genes and microRNAs showed that the expressions of SlTPS1, SlFT and miR172 were significantly downregulated in tomato grown under red and blue light compared with those grown under white light, whereas miR156 transcript levels were increased. A regulatory model underlying vegetative growth and floral transition regulated by light qualities is presented. Our data provide evidence that light quality strongly affects plant growth and phase transition, most likely via the TPS1-T6P signaling pathway.


1988 ◽  
Vol 43 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  

Marine algae, maintained for one month under blue, white and red light were rather rich in lipids but obviously poor in fat (triacylglycerols). These lipids consisted predominantly of glycolipids and phospholipids. Irrespective of the light quality, the major constituent fatty acids in lipids of these algae were, in most cases, those with 20 carbon atoms. The light quality had a definite effect on the proportion of arachidonic acid in the lipids of certain algae. Thus, the proportion of arachidonic acid in Enteromorpha intestinalis maintained under white light was 45% and in Sargassum salicifolium kept under red light 25% of the total constituent fatty acids in the total algal lipids


2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Janusz ◽  
Justyna Sulej ◽  
Magdalena Jaszek ◽  
Monika Osińska-Jaroszuk

Three species of white rot fungi: Cerrena unicolor, Phlebia lindtneri and Pycnoporus sanguineus were cultured in two different media under five different lighting conditions: dark, white, red, blue, and green light. Laccase, cellobiose dehydrogenase, and protease activities were examined in the samples. Blue light efficiently boosted laccase synthesis in C. unicolor and P. sanguineus, whereas the highest activities (20 654 nkat/l) of P. lindtneri laccase were observed when this fungus was maintained in green light. On the contrary, the green light allowed obtaining the highest activities of cellobiose dehydrogenase of C. unicolor and P. lindtneri, while CDH of P. sanguineus seems to be dependent on white light. It is clearly visible that differences in protease activities are noticeable not only between the lights variants but also among the media used. However, high proteases activities are correlated with light variants inducing laccase in Lindeberg and Holm medium. Contrary to the cellulose-based medium, where they are weak in light variants that lead to high CDH activities.


1967 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
GF Humphrey ◽  
DV Subba Rao

Photosynthesis in Cylindrotheca closterium was greatest in 1-day-old cells (2-4 � O2 per 106 cells per hour), declining to about 50% of this at 3 days and to about 10 % at 14 days. Due mainly to a decrease in the intensity of photosynthesis the ratio of photosynthesis to respiration fell from 6-8 at 1 day to 34 at 3 days, and to 0.6-1.6 at 14 days. The decline in photosynthesis started before phosphate or nitrate in the culture medium was exhausted, but was accompanied by a pH change from 7.4 before inoculation to 8.4 at 1 day and 9.2 at 3 days and thereafter. White light of 1000-1500f.c. (6.4-9.6 mW/cm2) saturated photosynthesis, the compensation point varying from 50 to 100 f.c. (0.3-0.6 mW/cm2). In blue light similar in spectral composition to that found at 10m below the surface of the ocean, the compensation point was 0.5-0.6 mW/cm2.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Shi

Based on the Dy³⁺-centered yellow-light and the ligands-based blue-light of the iso-structural two complexes [Ln(acac)3(5-Br-2,2′-bpy)] (Ln³⁺ = Dy³⁺ (2) or Gd³⁺ (3); Hacac = acetylacetone, 5-Br-2,2′-bpy = 5-bromo-2,2′-bipyridine), respectively, the stoichiometric fluorescence titrations of their tris-β-diketonate-(Dy³⁺, Gd³⁺x)-mixed complex, show that it is capable of the smooth color-tuning (yellow- to white- and to blue-light) under single wavelength excitation. Moreover, through the dichromatic integration, the binary tris-β-diketonate-(Dy³⁺, Gd³⁺x) complex exhibits the straightforward white-light in solid-state.


2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Gabryszewska ◽  
Ryszard Rudnicki

The effect of white, blue, green, red and UV + white light on the growth and development of shoots and roots of Gerbera jamesonii cv. Queen Rebecca in relation to the presence of kinetin or IAA were investigated. The highest number of axillary shoots was obtained in red and green light on the medium with 5 mg l<sup>-1</sup> kinetin. Also, green and red light markedly increased the number of leaves developed on the plantlets on the medium supplemented with kinetin. Light quality and IAA added to culture medium variously affected the development of root system: roots were regenerated under all light treatments, higher root number was recorded under red light when 5 mg l<sup>-1</sup> IAA was added to the media, the shortest roots were found in red light on the medium supplemented with IAA. The greatest fresh weight of shoots was found under white light on the medium with kinetin. Red light markedly decreased shoot fresh weight on hormone-free medium. Blue and white light caused increase in fresh weight of roots.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peian Zhang ◽  
Suwen Lu ◽  
Zhongjie Liu ◽  
Ting Zheng ◽  
Tianyu Dong ◽  
...  

Different light qualities have various impacts on the formation of fruit quality. The present study explored the influence of different visible light spectra (red, green, blue, and white) on the formation of quality traits and their metabolic pathways in grape berries. We found that blue light and red light had different effects on the berries. Compared with white light, blue light significantly increased the anthocyanins (malvidin-3-O-glucoside and peonidin-3-O-glucoside), volatile substances (alcohols and phenols), and soluble sugars (glucose and fructose), reduced the organic acids (citric acid and malic acid), whereas red light achieved the opposite effect. Transcriptomics and metabolomics analyses revealed that 2707, 2547, 2145, and 2583 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and (221, 19), (254, 22), (189, 17), and (234, 80) significantly changed metabolites (SCMs) were filtered in the dark vs. blue light, green light, red light, and white light, respectively. According to Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses, most of the DEGs identified were involved in photosynthesis and biosynthesis of flavonoids and flavonols. Using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) of 23410 highly expressed genes, two modules significantly related to anthocyanins and soluble sugars were screened out. The anthocyanins accumulation is significantly associated with increased expression of transcription factors (VvHY5, VvMYB90, VvMYB86) and anthocyanin structural genes (VvC4H, Vv4CL, VvCHS3, VvCHI1, VvCHI2, VvDFR), while significantly negatively correlated with VvPIF4. VvISA1, VvISA2, VvAMY1, VvCWINV, VvβGLU12, and VvFK12 were all related to starch and sucrose metabolism. These findings help elucidate the characteristics of different light qualities on the formation of plant traits and can inform the use of supplemental light in the field and after harvest to improve the overall quality of fruit.


1991 ◽  
Vol 46 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 542-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. López-Figueroa

Abstract The chlorophyll synthesis in the brown algae Desmarestia aculeata is affected by light quality and by the nutrient state in the medium before the illumination. Pulses of 5 min of red, green and blue light together with 200 μM nitrate in plants growing under natural conditions deter­ mined similar induction of chlorophyll synthesis. However, when the plants were incubated previously under starvation conditions the light effect was different. The induction of chlorophyll synthesis was greater after blue and green light than after red light pulses. Red-light photoreceptor was only involved in the chlorophyll synthesis under no nutrient limitations and under starvation conditions after previous illumination with blue light followed by far-red light. The induction of chlorophyll synthesis by green and blue light pulses applied together with nitrate was greater when the algae were incubated in starvation conditions than in natural conditions (normal nutrient state). Because all light effects were partially reversed by far-red light the involvement of a phyto-chrome-like photoreceptor is proposed. In addition, a coaction between blue-and a green-light photoreceptors and phytochrome is suggested.


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