Diamond Zoysiagrass Golf Green Response to Reduced Light Environments with the Use of Trinexapac-Ethyl

Begonia × cheimantha (Christmas or Lorraine begonia) is a popular holiday crop in Europe, with certain cultivars having outstanding postharvest characteristics. Its commercial production in the southern United States has been limited by the occurrence of mottled leaf chlorosis and necrosis, apparently due to environmental stress. In this study, B. × cheimantha `Emma' was grown in the fall in a glass greenhouse at College Station, Texas, under either 0%, 60%, or 87% polyethylene shade cloth. Leaf chlorosis and necrosis was very severe on plants grown in full sun (≈650 mol·m–2·s–1), with slight chlorosis on plants under 60% shade. Plants under full sun, however, were more compact, flowered earlier, and had shorter peduncles with more flowers than those grown under shade. Reducing the vegetative long-day treatment period from 7 to 4 weeks had no effect on leaf damage development. Plants treated with paclobutrazol were shorter and had less leaf damage than untreated plants. Leaves of treated plants had a relatively higher concentration of soluble protein, chlorophyll, and enhanced activities of ascorbate peroxidase (AsA), dehydroascorbate (DHA) reductase, and monodehydro-ascorbate (MDHA) reductase than untreated plants. For Texas growing conditions, these preliminary studies indicate that B. × cheimantha should be grown under reduced light intensities, with excessive height and leaf damage being controlled with growth retardants such as paclobutrazol.

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Influence of Light on Fruit Set of French Hybrid Grapes

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.33.3.510f ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 510f-511 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

D.C. Ferree ◽

S.J. McArtney ◽

D.M. Scurlock

Keyword(s):

Light Intensity ◽

Linear Relationship ◽

Fruit Set ◽

Light Level ◽

Fruit Color ◽

Soluble Solids ◽

Hue Angle ◽

Reduced Light ◽

Negative Linear Relationship ◽

Grape Cultivars

Four French–American hybrid grape cultivars grown in a greenhouse were subjected to 5 days of 80% shade at four different times around bloom. Fruit set of `Seyval' was reduced by shade imposed before, during, or immediately after bloom. `Vidal' and `Chambourcin' were less sensitive, with fruit set reduced only by shade at bloom. Shade had little effect on fruit set of `DeChaunac'. In a second study, `Chambourcin' vines were exposed to ambient, ambient plus supplemental lights, and 30%, 50%, or 80% shade for 5 weeks beginning just prior to bloom. Fruit set was positively related to light intensity. At harvest, soluble solids, pH, and hue angle had a negative linear relationship to light level. Fruit color developed earliest and most rapidly with the reduced light treatments applied at bloom. Cluster weight was positively related to light intensity.

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Physicochemical and Microstructural Characterization of Whey Protein Films Formed with Oxidized Ferulic/Tannic Acids

Foods ◽

10.3390/foods10071599 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 1599

Author(s):

Yaosong Wang ◽

Youling L. Xiong

Keyword(s):

Whey Protein ◽

Microstructural Characterization ◽

Protein Isolate ◽

Light Transmittance ◽

In Vitro Digestibility ◽

Protein Films ◽

Film Forming ◽

Protein Sulfhydryl ◽

Reduced Light

Protein-based biodegradable packaging films are of environmental significance. The effect of oxidized ferulic acid (OFA)/tannic acid (OTA) on the crosslinking and film-forming properties of whey protein isolate (WPI) was investigated. Both of the oxidized acids induced protein oxidation and promoted WPI crosslinking through the actions of quinone carbonyl and protein sulfhydryl, and amino groups. OTA enhanced the tensile strength (from 4.5 MPa to max 6.7 MPa) and stiffness (from 215 MPa to max 376 MPa) of the WPI film, whereas OFA significantly increased the elongation at break. The water absorption capability and heat resistance of the films were greatly improved by the addition of OTA. Due to the original color of OTA, the incorporation of OTA significantly reduced light transmittance of the WPI film (λ 200–600 nm) as well as the transparency, whereas no significant changes were induced by the OFA treatment. Higher concentrations of OTA reduced the in vitro digestibility of the WPI film, while the addition of OFA had no significant effect. Overall, these two oxidized polyphenols promoted the crosslinking of WPI and modified the film properties, with OTA showing an overall stronger efficacy than OFA due to more functional groups available.

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Physiological and ecological consequences of the water optical properties degradation on reef corals

Coral Reefs ◽

10.1007/s00338-021-02133-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tomás López-Londoño ◽

Claudia T. Galindo-Martínez ◽

Kelly Gómez-Campo ◽

Luis A. González-Guerrero ◽

Sofia Roitman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Optical Properties ◽

Population Decline ◽

Light Availability ◽

Potential Effect ◽

Optical Quality ◽

Light Penetration ◽

Reef Corals ◽

Orbicella Faveolata ◽

Light Quantity ◽

Reduced Light

AbstractDegradation of water optical properties due to anthropogenic disturbances is a common phenomenon in coastal waters globally. Although this condition is associated with multiple drivers that affect corals health in multiple ways, its effect on light availability and photosynthetic energy acquisition has been largely neglected. Here, we describe how declining the water optical quality in a coastal reef exposed to a turbid plume of water originating from a man-made channel compromises the functionality of the keystone coral species Orbicella faveolata. We found highly variable water optical conditions with significant effects on the light quantity and quality available for corals. Low-light phenotypes close to theoretical limits of photoacclimation were found at shallow depths as a result of reduced light penetration. The estimated photosynthetically fixed energy depletion with increasing depth was associated with patterns of colony mortality and vertical habitat compression. A numerical model illustrates the potential effect of the progressive water quality degradation on coral mortality and population decline along the depth gradient. Collectively, our findings suggest that preserving the water properties seeking to maximize light penetration through the water column is essential for maintaining the coral reef structure and associated ecosystem services.

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Mesophotic.org: a repository for scientific information on mesophotic ecosystems

Database ◽

10.1093/database/baz140 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Pim Bongaerts ◽

Gonzalo Perez-Rosales ◽

Veronica Z Radice ◽

Gal Eyal ◽

Andrea Gori ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Scientific Information ◽

Temporal Trends ◽

Light Availability ◽

Research Community ◽

Future Research ◽

Photosynthetic Organisms ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Available Information ◽

Reduced Light

Abstract Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) and temperate mesophotic ecosystems (TMEs) occur at depths of roughly 30–150 m depth and are characterized by the presence of photosynthetic organisms despite reduced light availability. Exploration of these ecosystems dates back several decades, but our knowledge remained extremely limited until about a decade ago, when a renewed interest resulted in the establishment of a rapidly growing research community. Here, we present the ‘mesophotic.org’ database, a comprehensive and curated repository of scientific literature on mesophotic ecosystems. Through both manually curated and automatically extracted metadata, the repository facilitates rapid retrieval of available information about particular topics (e.g. taxa or geographic regions), exploration of spatial/temporal trends in research and identification of knowledge gaps. The repository can be queried to comprehensively obtain available data to address large-scale questions and guide future research directions. Overall, the ‘mesophotic.org’ repository provides an independent and open-source platform for the ever-growing research community working on MCEs and TMEs to collate and expedite our understanding of the occurrence, composition and functioning of these ecosystems. Database URL: http://mesophotic.org/

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A laboratory study of vertical migration

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspb.1955.0062 ◽

1955 ◽

Vol 144 (916) ◽

pp. 329-354 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Keyword(s):

Light Intensity ◽

Vertical Migration ◽

Time Course ◽

Tap Water ◽

Low Light ◽

Overhead Light ◽

Light Intensities ◽

Orientation Response ◽

Reduced Light ◽

Characteristic Maximum

In a tank filled with a suspension of indian ink in tap water, a population of Daphnia magna will undergo a complete cycle of vertical migration when an overhead light source is cyclically varied in intensity. A ‘dawn rise’ to the surface at low intensity is followed by the descent of the animals to a characteristic maximum depth. The animals rise to the surface again as the light decreases, and finally show a typical midnight sinking. The light intensities at the level of the animals in this experiment are of the same order as those which have been reported in field observations; the time course of the movement also repeats the natural conditions in the field. The process is independent of the duration of the cycle and is related only to the variation in overhead light intensity. At low light intensity the movement of the animal is determined solely by positive photo-kinesis; the dawn rise is a manifestation of this, and is independent of the direction of the light. At high light intensities there is an orientation response which is superimposed upon an alternating positive (photokinetic) phase and a negative phase during which movement is inhibited. The fully oriented animal shows a special type of positive and negative phototaxis, moving towards the light at reduced light intensities and away from it when the light intensity is increased. In this condition it follows a zone of optimum light intensity with some exactness. Experiments show that an animal in this fully oriented condition will respond to the slow changes of intensity characteristic of the diurnal cycle, while being little affected by transient changes of considerable magnitude.

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Growth of Amaranthus Hybridus (African Spinach) under diffferent Daylight Intensities in the Dry Season in Southern Nigeria

Experimental Agriculture ◽

10.1017/s0014479700016987 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 193-200 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J. M. O. Eze

Keyword(s):

Light Intensity ◽

Biochemical Parameters ◽

Dry Matter ◽

Maximum Growth ◽

Area Ratio ◽

Dry Matter Accumulation ◽

Amaranthus Hybridus ◽

Maximum Accumulation ◽

Southern Nigeria ◽

Reduced Light

SummaryThe growth of Amaranthus hybridus under different daylight intensities was assessed in terms of physical, morphological and biochemical parameters. Maximum growth in many respects was achieved at about 70% of full daylight. However, full daylight favoured chlorophyll stability and maximum accumulation of total dry matter, carbohydrate, chlorophyll and ascorbic acid. The leaf area ratio increased uniformly with decrease in light intensity. Ageing was accelerated by full daylight. Reduced light intensity reduced dry matter accumulation in the roots more than in the stems or leaves.

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Combined effects of marine heatwaves and reduced light on the physiology and growth of the surfgrass Phyllospadix torreyi from Baja California, Mexico

Aquatic Botany ◽

10.1016/j.aquabot.2021.103488 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103488

Author(s):

Manuel Vivanco-Bercovich ◽

María Dolores Belando-Torrentes ◽

María Fernanda Figueroa-Burgos ◽

Alejandra Ferreira-Arrieta ◽

Víctor Macías-Carranza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Baja California ◽

Combined Effects ◽

Reduced Light

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Impact of reduced light intensity on wheat yield and quality: Implications for agroforestry systems

Agroforestry Systems ◽

10.1007/s10457-021-00668-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jiyu Jia ◽

Meng Xu ◽

Shuikuan Bei ◽

Hongzhi Zhang ◽

Li Xiao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Light Intensity ◽

Wheat Yield ◽

Agroforestry Systems ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Reduced Light

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Effects of canopy-mediated abrasion and water flow on the early colonisation of turf-forming algae

Marine and Freshwater Research ◽

10.1071/mf06194 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 58 (7) ◽

pp. 657 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Bayden D. Russell

Keyword(s):

Water Flow ◽

Interactive Effects ◽

Light Penetration ◽

Physical Processes ◽

Percentage Cover ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Flow Through ◽

Per Se ◽

Reduced Light ◽

Reduced Water

Algal canopies form predictable associations with the benthic understorey, and canopy-mediated processes may maintain these associations. Three canopy-mediated processes that are inherently linked are water flow through a canopy, abrasion of the substrate by the canopy, and light penetration. These processes were experimentally reduced to test the hypotheses that turf-forming algae would be: (1) positively affected by reduced abrasion by kelp canopies; (2) positively affected by reduced water flow; and (3) negatively affected by shading (reduced light). Biomass of turf-forming algae was greater when abrasion was reduced, but less when light was reduced. In contrast to predictions, reduced water flow had a negative effect on the percentage cover and biomass of turf-forming algae, rejecting the second hypothesis. It seems, however, that this negative effect was caused by an increase in shading associated with reduced canopy movement, not a reduction of water flow per se. None of the factors accounted for all of the change seen in understorey algae, indicating that it is important to study the interactive effects of physical processes.

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