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Clinorotation Effect on Response of Cress Leaves to Red and Far-Red Light

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Responses of cress (Lepidium sativum L.) seedling leaves to separate and simultaneous illumination with red (660 nm) and far-red (735 nm) light were studied under fast clinorotation (50 rpm) and usual gravity (1g) conditions. The monochromatic light emitting diodes (LEDs) have been used for illumination of seedlings from above. The growth and spatial orientation of leaves and the location of presumable gravisensors in petioles were analysed. Clinorotation in the dark promoted the radial expansion of leaf lamina and unfolding of leaves. It was shown that clinorotation in red light inhibited significantly the elongation of petioles as compared with that under the action of gravity force. Simultaneous red and far-red illumination promoted the growth of petioles under clinorotation, but did not affect the orientation of laminas, which remained the same as of the 1-g control ones. Red light, applied separately and simultaneously with far-red light, guided the bending of laminas as well as the unfolding of leaf petioles in both usual and clinorotation conditions. Histological and cytological analyses of petioles revealed the presence of movable amyloplasts in endodermic cells in proximal region of petioles. Comparison of intracellular positioning of amyloplasts in petioles of leaves grown under clinorotation and the action of gravity allows a presumption that these plastids may be identified as gravisensors of garden cress leaves. The obtained data imply that clinorotation and exposition to monochromatic red light or simultaneous illumination by red and far-red light affect the elongation of petioles of cress seedling leaves. Spectral components guide the unfolding of laminas in a gravity-independent manner.

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    Danguolė Raklevičienė, Regina Losinska & Danguolė Švegždienė

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Raklevičienė, D., Losinska, R. & Švegždienė, D. Clinorotation Effect on Response of Cress Leaves to Red and Far-Red Light. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 23, 227–233 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-010-9208-7

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