Investigation of physiological effects of low intensity electromagnetic radiation on buckwheat

  • Zhanna E. Mazets Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, Savieckaja Street, 18, 220030, Minsk, Belarus
  • Olga A. Susha Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, Savieckaja Street, 18, 220030, Minsk, Belarus
  • Ninel A. Yalouskaya Secondary school  No. 141, Hierasimienki Street, 21, 220047, Minsk, Belarus
  • Joanna N. Kalatskaja V. F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Akademičnaja Street, 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus
  • Tatsiana A. Bonina Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, Savieckaja Street, 18, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

A variety-specific reaction of di- and tetraploid varieties of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sagittatum gilib) on the modes of low-intensity electromagnetic radiation of the microwave range: modes 1 and 1.1 frequency 54 –74 GHz, time 20 and 12 min respectively; modes 2, 2.1 and 2.2 – frequency 62– 64 GHz and time 20, 12 and 8 min respectively was noted. It was revealed that modes with maximum (20 min) and minimum (8 min) exposure time increased the yield of electrolytes through seed’s covers relative to control in the diploid variety Kupava. The use of modes 1, 2 and 2.2 was accompanied by an increase in peroxidase activity, a decrease in germination energy, germination and a slowing down of growth processes. The electrical conductivity of the seed’s exudates of the tetraploid variety Alexandrina after 24 h of incubation decreased linearly with respect to the control in the indicated treatment variants from mode 1 to mode 2.2. Seed treatment with electromagnetic radiation modes for 12 or 8 min led to a decrease in peroxidase activity, accompanied by activation of germination and stimulation of growth processes. The received results reveal some aspects of the mechanism of electromagnetic radiation interaction with plant objects. It allows more justified use of certain modes in the cultivation of buckwheat.

Author Biographies

Zhanna E. Mazets, Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, Savieckaja Street, 18, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

PhD (biology), docent; associate professor at the department of general biology and botany, faculty of natural sciences

Olga A. Susha, Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, Savieckaja Street, 18, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

postgraduate student at the department of general biology and botany, faculty of natural sciences

Ninel A. Yalouskaya, Secondary school  No. 141, Hierasimienki Street, 21, 220047, Minsk, Belarus

master of science (biology); teacher of biology and chemistry

Joanna N. Kalatskaja, V. F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Akademičnaja Street, 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

PhD (biology); leading reseacher at the laboratory of growth and development of plants

Tatsiana A. Bonina, Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, Savieckaja Street, 18, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

 PhD (chemistry), docent; associate professor at the department of general biology and botany, faculty of natural sciences

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Published
2017-12-16
Keywords: low-intensity electromagnetic radiation, buckwheat, conductivity, peroxidase, germination energy, germination, growth processes
Supporting Agencies The authors are grateful to employees of the radiophysical research laboratory of the Institute for Nuclear Problems of the Belarusian State University V. N. Rodionova and N. V. Pushkina for seed treatment
How to Cite
Mazets, Z. E., Susha, O. A., Yalouskaya, N. A., Kalatskaja, J. N., & Bonina, T. A. (2017). Investigation of physiological effects of low intensity electromagnetic radiation on buckwheat. Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, 2, 36-42. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/biology/article/view/2443
Issue
No 2 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Biology
Section
Physiology and Сell Biology

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