Spectral Light Treatment Influenced Morpho-Physiological Properties and Carvacrol Accumulation in Indian Borage.

ABSTRACT: Light emitting diodes (LEDs) as an alternative light source for plants had shown to enhance the plant material quality. Indian borage or Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng, a medicinal herb produces carvacrol as the major volatile organic compound (VOC). Histolocalization of VOCs and expression pattern of the terpenoid biosynthesis genes after spectral light treatment is not yet reported in P. amboinicus. This work investigated the morpho-physiological, biochemical and transcriptional responses towards red, green, blue, warm white and red-blue (RB, 1:1) LEDs treatment at 40 ± 5 μmol m^-2 s^-1 light intensity after 40 days. Maximal growth index (GI), leaf fresh weight and dry weight were obtained in RB (1:1) treated plants. There was one-fold increase i

SUBMITTER: Bimolata W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201491 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature