Blue LED light enhances the growth of Cinchona officinalis L. cultured in vitro

Oscar Vivanco-Galván; Yuliana Jiménez-Gaona; Darwin Castillo; Hernán Lucero

doi:10.1117/12.2633167

3 October 2022 Blue LED light enhances the growth of Cinchona officinalis L. cultured in vitro

Oscar Vivanco-Galván, Yuliana Jiménez-Gaona, Darwin Castillo, Hernán Lucero

Proceedings Volume 12210, Organic and Hybrid Sensors and Bioelectronics XV; 1221006 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633167
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2022, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Cinchona officinalis L. is one of the most important and historically medicinal plants from which the antimalarial drug known as quinine is extracted. It is currently an endangered species. Thus, in vitro culture techniques are applied to propagate the species and to evaluate the effect of artificial light on the physiological development of C. Officinalis L. under controlled conditions. In that sense, the current study has determined the impact of blue led light on the enhancement of growth and number of shoots of Cinchona officinalis L. In vitro explants of C. Officinalis L were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium and cultured under the white (control) and blue light-emitting diodes (LED) light. After eight weeks, growth and bud numbers were determined in C. officinalis L. Interestingly, blue light treatment increased the shoot length and bud numbers in comparison with the control. Incorporating blue light during in vitro propagation of C. Officinalis L can be a beneficial way to increase plant quality. Future perspectives could include the impact of blue light on the production of secondary metabolites, activities of antioxidant enzymes, and protein expression of in vitro-grown C. Officinalis L.

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Oscar Vivanco-Galván, Yuliana Jiménez-Gaona, Darwin Castillo, and Hernán Lucero "Blue LED light enhances the growth of Cinchona officinalis L. cultured in vitro", Proc. SPIE 12210, Organic and Hybrid Sensors and Bioelectronics XV, 1221006 (3 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633167

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