Oxidative status of healthy and fungus Fusarium oxysporum infected cucumber Cucumis sativus L. plants at different blue light ratio in full-spectrum LED lighting compositions

Authors

  • Irina N. Domanskaya Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus
  • Luidmila F. Kabashnikova Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus
  • Lyubov V. Pashkevich Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus
  • Yana N. Artemchuk Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus
  • Olga V. Molchan V. F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Keywords:

Cucumis sativus L., Fusarium oxysporum, phenolic compounds, hydroxycinnamic acids, lipid peroxidation, antiradical activity
Supporting Agencies
This work was carried out within the framework of the state programme of scientific research «Biotechnology-2» for 2021–2025 (subprogramme «Molecular and cellular biotechnology – 2»).

Abstract

The effect of blue lighting (BL) on the oxidative status of healthy and fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum infected cucumber plants was studied. It was found that the impact of the pathogenic fungus on cucumber plants is manifested in increased synthesis of secondary metabolites – phenolic compounds, including hydroxycinnamic acids. A high content of polyphenols was recorded in healthy cucumber leaves under long and short lighting with a BL share of 20 % in full-spectrum LED compositions, as well as in samples formed under short lighting with a BL share of 60 %. In plants grown under long lighting in white light and 60 % BL modes, compared to control samples, infection with the fungus F. oxysporum caused an increase in the synthesis of polyphenols by 2.3 and 5.0 times, respectively. Different modes of full-spectrum LED lighting with a variable BL ratio and duration of action differ in their effect on the immune response in cucumber leaves during fusarium wilt: the intensity of lipid peroxidation increases only with a short stay of plants on LED lighting. The use of long LED lighting with a high BL share (60 %) leads to a significant increase in antiradical activity in infected cucumber leaves and the content of secondary metabolites, which indicates the activation of the antioxidant defense system as an adaptive mechanism of protection against phytopathogen.

Author Biographies

  • Irina N. Domanskaya, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (biology), docent; senior researcher at the laboratory of applied biophysics and biochemistry

  • Luidmila F. Kabashnikova, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    doctor of science (biology), corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, docent; head of the laboratory of applied biophysics and biochemistry

  • Lyubov V. Pashkevich, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (biology); senior researcher at the laboratory of applied biophysics and biochemistry

  • Yana N. Artemchuk, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    junior researcher at the laboratory of applied biophysics and biochemistry

  • Olga V. Molchan, V. F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (biology), docent; head of the laboratory of water exchange and photosynthesis of plants

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Domanskaya, I. N., Kabashnikova, L. F., Pashkevich, L. V., Artemchuk, Y. N., & Molchan, O. V. (2026). Oxidative status of healthy and fungus Fusarium oxysporum infected cucumber Cucumis sativus L. plants at different blue light ratio in full-spectrum LED lighting compositions. Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, 3, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.33581/2957-5060-2025-3-%p