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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (34): 6-10.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2014-2295

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Effects of Light on Anthocyanin Synthesis in Plants

Gao Fei, Ke Yi, Jin Tao, Ai Wanfeng, Li Mengchun, Zheng Li   

  1. (College of Landscape and Horticulture, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201)
  • Received:2014-08-22 Revised:2014-11-28 Accepted:2014-09-29 Online:2015-03-10 Published:2015-03-10

Abstract: Anthocyanin decides the color of fruits, flowers and the leaf of colored-leaf plants, it has attracted wide attention by its important value on the ornamental plant. There are some comprehensive descriptions of the environmental factors’influence on anthocyanin synthesis in recent years, but a more systematic and in- depth discussion for the light effects on anthocyanin is still lacking. Based on the relative literatures in recent years and the mechanism of anthocyanin synthesis in plant, the paper reviews the effect of illumination time, different light quality and light intensity on plant anthocyanin synthesis. The results show that: longer illumination time, stronger illumination intensity and blue and ultraviolet light are favorable and effective to the biosynthesis, stabilization and accumulation of anthocyanins in most of plants. This paper also analyzes the problems unsolved in this field, some suggestions about further researches on anthocyanin are put forward.