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Different Light Wavelengths Differentially Influence the Progression of the Hypersensitive Response Induced by Pathogen Infection in Tobacco
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Bao Quoc Tran
Bao Quoc Tran 1,†,
Anh Trung Nguyen
Anh Trung Nguyen 1,† and
Sunyo Jung
Sunyo Jung 1,2,*
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BK21 FOUR KNU Creative BioResearch Group, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
2
Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
Antioxidants 2025, 14(8), 954; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox14080954 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 8 July 2025
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Revised: 31 July 2025
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Accepted: 2 August 2025
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Published: 3 August 2025
Abstract
Using light-emitting diodes (LEDs), we examined how different light wavelengths influence the hypersensitive response (HR) in tobacco plants infected with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst). Pst-infiltrated plants exhibited greater resistance to Pst infection under green and blue light compared to white and red light, as indicated by reduced HR-associated programmed cell death, lower H2O2 production, and up to 64% reduction in membrane damage. During the late stage of HR, catalase and ascorbate peroxidase activities peaked under green and blue LEDs, with 5- and 10-fold increases, respectively, while superoxide dismutase activity was higher under white and red LEDs. Defense-related genes CHS1, PALa, PR1, and PR2 were more strongly induced by white and red light. The plants treated with green or blue LEDs during Pst infection prompted faster degradation of phototoxic Mg-porphyrins and exhibited smaller declines in Fv/Fm, electron transport rate, chlorophyll content, and LHCB expression compared to those treated with white or red LEDs. By contrast, the induction of the chlorophyll catabolic gene SGR was 54% and 77% lower in green and blue LEDs, respectively, compared to white LEDs. This study demonstrates that light quality differentially affects Pst-mediated HR, with green and blue light more effectively suppressing HR progression, mainly by reducing oxidative stress through enhanced antioxidative capacity and mitigation of photosynthetic impairments.
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Tran, B.Q.; Nguyen, A.T.; Jung, S.
Different Light Wavelengths Differentially Influence the Progression of the Hypersensitive Response Induced by Pathogen Infection in Tobacco. Antioxidants 2025, 14, 954.
https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox14080954
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Tran BQ, Nguyen AT, Jung S.
Different Light Wavelengths Differentially Influence the Progression of the Hypersensitive Response Induced by Pathogen Infection in Tobacco. Antioxidants. 2025; 14(8):954.
https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox14080954
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Tran, Bao Quoc, Anh Trung Nguyen, and Sunyo Jung.
2025. "Different Light Wavelengths Differentially Influence the Progression of the Hypersensitive Response Induced by Pathogen Infection in Tobacco" Antioxidants 14, no. 8: 954.
https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox14080954
APA Style
Tran, B. Q., Nguyen, A. T., & Jung, S.
(2025). Different Light Wavelengths Differentially Influence the Progression of the Hypersensitive Response Induced by Pathogen Infection in Tobacco. Antioxidants, 14(8), 954.
https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox14080954
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