Blue Light and Methyl Jasmonate Synergistically Enhance Betalain Accumulation, Antioxidant Enzyme Activity, and Osmotic Adjustment in Sugar Beet (

Hui Wang, Chao Yang, Yanling Yu, Dayou Cheng, Cuihong Dai, Chengfei Luo

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hui WangSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.

Chao YangSchool of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.

Yanling YuSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.

Dayou ChengSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6712-9226

Cuihong DaiSchool of Medicine and Health, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.ORCID 0009-0005-4081-234X

Chengfei LuoSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31771864

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Abstract

Betalains are natural antioxidant pigments valued as food colorants (E162), yet their combined responses to light quality and methyl jasmonate (MeJA) during long-term growth remain poorly understood. In this study, the interactive effects of blue light and MeJA on growth, betacyanin, betaxanthin, antioxidant enzyme activities [peroxidase (POD), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT)], malondialdehyde (MDA), and proline (PRO) were investigated at weeks 3, 10, and 13 of sugar beet seedling growth. Four treatments were established: white light (W, control), white light + MeJA (WM), white light + blue light (WB), and white light + blue light + MeJA (WBM). The results showed that WB rapidly induced betaxanthin accumulation and enhanced SOD and POD activities while reducing MDA at week 3. MeJA alone triggered an explosive increase in betacyanin (45.74 mg·g

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antioxidant enzymesbetalainblue lightMeJAprolinesugar beet

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PMID42452201

DOI10.3390/plants15131994

PMCPMC13364101

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