Review Article
Plant Genetics A View on the Effect of Laser Irradiation on Cell Division
Norah M Al Aboud*
Department of Biology, Umm Alqura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding author: Norah M. Al Aboud Department of Biology, Umm Alqura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
E-mail : nmaboud@uqu.edu.sa
Copyright: © Norah M Al Aboud 2023. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Article Information: Submission: 10/12/2022; Accepted: 09/01/2023; Published: 11/01/2023
Abstract
The effect of lasers of wave length in the visible region 660-680 nm on mitotic cell divisions, germination and growth were studied in Vicia faba. The
study indicated that lasers could be mutagenic causing aberration in the mitotic cell divisions while also producing changes in germination and growth of the
plant. A wide range of chromosomal aberration were observed in all the four stages of mitotic cell division. The most important stickiness and non disjuction
of changes observed were clumping chromosomes, bridges, laggards, micro nucleate, binucleate and elongated nucleate cells. In addition to these some
other types of aberration such as inter phase with unequal sized nuclei, polyploid cells, chromatin droplets, nuclear bridges, nuclear polymorphism and multi
nucleate conditions were also encountered in low frequencies. Laser exposure at 660-680 nm for 5 min caused increase in germination index in V. faba
while germination index induced by exposures at 660-680 nm for 10 min was similar with control group.The change in plant height over a period of time or
the growth rate of mutagen treated samples was compared with that of the control (untreated) samples. Growth rate induced by 5 min of laser exposure was
the highest one. The study suggests that laser may used as a bio stimulator in agriculture. Further studies are required for elucidating the exact mechanisms
by which lasers cause mutations.
