Biologia plantarum 61:378-384, 2017 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-016-0660-0

Microwaves affect Myriophyllum aquaticum plants differently depending on the wave polarization

M. D. H. J. Senavirathna1,*, T. Asaeda2
1 Ocean University of Sri Lanka, Crow-Island, Colombo 15, Sri Lanka
2 Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, Sakura-ku, Saitama, Japan

Previous studies on microwave exposure on plants have revealed variations in sensitivity of plants to different microwave frequencies, exposure durations, and power intensities. However, the effects of different polarizations of microwaves on plants have not been studied. Therefore, we investigated the effect of horizontally and vertically polarized 2 GHz continuous microwaves on Myriophyllum aquaticum plants at 1.8 W m-2 power density. The electric potential variation along the vascular tissues were investigated for 1.5 h and growth parameters, pigmentation, and H2O2 formation were studied during 48 h microwave exposure. Exposure to horizontally polarized microwaves, decreased standard deviation of electric potential variation and increased H2O2 content significantly. Vertically polarized microwaves increased the standard deviation of electric potential variation and photosynthetic pigments significantly. However, none of the polarizations altered growth parameters (shoot length, stem diameter, and internodal length). Thermographic images taken for 1 h continuous microwave exposure did not indicate alteration in the temperature of the plants for both vertical and horizontal polarities.

Keywords: carotenoids; chlorophylls; dielectric activity; electric potential; emergent plant; growth parameters; non-thermal effect
Subjects: microwaves; wave polarization; electric potential; growth parameters; chlorophyll content; carotenoids
Species: Myriophyllum aquaticum

Received: October 29, 2015; Revised: April 2, 2016; Accepted: April 28, 2016; Published: June 1, 2017Show citation

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Senavirathna, M.D.H.J., & Asaeda, T. (2017). Microwaves affect Myriophyllum aquaticum plants differently depending on the wave polarization. Biologia plantarum, 61(2), 378-384. doi: 10.1007/s10535-016-0660-0.
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