The Globe is marching towards the development of the telecommunication field which leads to increment of non-ionizing radiation in the environment which affects all living beings including plants grown nearby to communication base stations. The present research was focused on physiological and biochemical alterations of tomato plants exposed to high-frequency radiation. The overall plant health was analyzed by physiological changes viz., plant height, size of leaves, length to the root system, and rate of germination upon exposure of radiation and shown significant reduction (p < 0.05) compared to control. Consecutively, radiation also negatively affects the photosynthetic pigment content of leaves which has shown significant reduction. Yet another confirmation of stress on exposed plant tissue was reported by obtaining higher HO content within exposed plant leaf than the control. The morphological alterations viz. curling of leaves, discoloration, and size reduction became more prominent with an increase in the exposure time. The significant outcomes denoted according to 95% confidence limit. There was a significant decline in total phenolic content (37.06%), flavonoid content (71.38%), Vitamin C content (72.45%), and DPPH (59.32%) as well as total antioxidant assays (71.89%) which revealed significant deteriorative effects on such waves on secondary metabolites and the antioxidant potential of tomato plants. The lycopene content was continuously increasing up to 73.13% upon radiation of 120 h and such raise was the direct indication of harmful effect on fruit skin and release of lycopene due to softening of the fruit tissue. Thus, the presented findings illustrated the negative effects of such waves on the quality of tomato plants. The limited insight of metabolic pathways involved in plant responses to such non-ionizing radiation makes such investigation worth in agricultural application. Additionally, mobile communication agencies should be informed and installation of base stations for mobile communication towers should be prohibited at agricultural lands.

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1800 MHz 频率非电离辐射对番茄 (Solanum Lycopersicum) 植物健康和抗氧化剂含量的影响

全球正在迈向电信领域的发展，导致环境中的非电离辐射增加，影响所有生物，包括通信基站附近生长的植物。目前的研究重点是暴露于高频辐射的番茄植株的生理和生化变化。通过生理变化（即植物高度、叶子大小、根系长度以及辐射暴露后的发芽率）对植物的整体健康状况进行分析，结果显示与对照相比显着降低（p < 0.05）。其次，辐射也会对叶子的光合色素含量产生负面影响，叶子的光合色素含量显着减少。通过在暴露的植物叶子中获得比对照更高的 H2O 含量，报告了对暴露植物组织的胁迫的另一证实。形态变化即。随着暴露时间的增加，叶子卷曲、变色和尺寸减小变得更加明显。根据 95% 置信限表示显着结果。总酚含量（37.06%）、类黄酮含量（71.38%）、维生素C含量（72.45%）和DPPH（59.32%）以及总抗氧化剂含量（71.89%）显着下降，显示出显着的恶化作用此类波对番茄植株的次生代谢物和抗氧化潜力的影响。辐射120 h后，番茄红素含量不断增加，最高达到73.13%，这种增加直接表明果皮受到损害，果实组织软化导致番茄红素释放。因此，所提出的发现说明了此类波浪对番茄植株质量的负面影响。对植物对这种非电离辐射的反应所涉及的代谢途径的了解有限，使得这种研究在农业应用中具有价值。此外，应通知移动通信机构，并禁止在农田安装移动通信塔基站。