Hydrogen-rich water regulates cucumber adventitious root development in a heme oxygenase-1/carbon monoxide-dependent manner.
Yuting Lin, Wei Zhang, Fang Qi, Weiti Cui, Yanjie Xie, Wenbiao Shen · Journal of plant physiology · 2014
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In this report, hydrogen-rich water (HRW) was used to characterize H₂ physiological roles and possible signaling transduction pathways in the promotion of adventitious root (AR) formation in cucumber explants. This source-grounded publication contributes evidence relevant to molecular hydrogen and is retained in a transparent general research category when a more specific study design is not supported by the indexed record.
What the Publication Examined
Hydrogen-rich water regulates cucumber adventitious root development in a heme oxygenase-1/carbon monoxide-dependent manner.
How Molecular Hydrogen Was Addressed
Hydrogen gas (H₂) is an endogenous gaseous molecule in plants. Although its reputation is as a "biologically inert gas", recent results suggested that H₂ has therapeutic antioxidant properties in animals and plays fundamental roles in plant responses to environmental stresses. However, whether H₂ regulates root morphological patterns is largely unknown.
What the Publication Reported
Suggested that exogenous HRW treatment on plants might be a good option to induce root organogenesis.
H₂ Mechanisms / Biological Findings
In this report, hydrogen-rich water (HRW) was used to characterize H₂ physiological roles and possible signaling transduction pathways in the promotion of adventitious root (AR) formation in cucumber explants.
Authors’ Conclusion
The authors concluded that also suggested that exogenous HRW treatment on plants might be a good option to induce root organogenesis.