UV-B Radiations and Secondary Metabolites

İlkay Yavaş; Aydın Ünay; Shafaqat Ali; Zohaib Abbas

doi:10.24925/turjaf.v8i1.147-157.2878

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İlkay Yavaş Department of Plant and Animal Production, Koçarlı Vocational School, Adnan Menderes University, 09100 Aydın http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6863-9631
Aydın Ünay Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Adnan Menderes University, 09100 Aydın http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7278-4428
Shafaqat Ali Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, 38000 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0272-7097
Zohaib Abbas Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, 38000 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0711-680X

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https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v8i1.147-157.2878

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Caretenoids, glucosinolates, phenolic compounds, secondary metabolites, Ultraviolet-B

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Ultraviolet-B (UV-B: 280 to 320 nm) radiations have appeared to be detrimental to plants, due to their damaging effects on proteins, lipids, membranes and DNA. UV-B radiations are a significant regulator of plants‘ secondary metabolites. High intensity of ultraviolet radiations may interfere with growth and productivity of crops. But low levels of UV-B radiations give rise to changes in the plants‘ secondary metabolites such as phenolic compounds, carotenoids and glucoseinolates. Therefore, low intensity of UV-B radiations may be used to generate plants, enriched with secondary metabolites, having improved reproductive ability, early ripening and tolerance against fungi, bacteria and herbivores.

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