M. 2010. The damage repair role of He-Ne laser on wheat exposed to osmotic stress. Can. J. Plant Sci. 90: 691Á698. In order to determine the damage repair role of helium-neon (He-Ne) laser on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) exposed to osmotic stress, 12-d-old seedlings (with two fully expanded leaves) were treated with osmotic stress using 5% (wt/vol), 10% (wt/vol) and 15% (wt/vol) polyethylene glycol (PEG 6000) treatment for 9 d. After 9 d of osmotic stress, a He-Ne laser was employed to irradiate seedlings of spring wheat for 0 min, 1 min and 3 min. Changes in the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ), glutathione (GSH), ascorbate (AsA), the production rate of superoxide radical (O ( 2 ), the activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione reductase (GR) were measured to test the effects of laser radiation. The results showed that laser radiation for 3 min conferred tolerance to osmotic stress in wheat seedlings by decreasing the concentration of MDA and the production rate of O ( 2 , and increasing the activities of SOD and APX and GSH concentration. It was suggested that those changes in MDA, O ( 2 , antioxidative enzymes and antioxidative compounds were responsible for the increase in osmotic stress tolerance observed in the experiments. Therefore, antioxidative enzymes and antioxidative compounds may participate in the repair effect of laser on seedlings under osmotic stress. This is the first investigation reporting the damage repair role of He-Ne laser on plants exposed to osmotic stress.Key words: Helium-neon laser, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), osmotic stress, antioxidative system Qiu, Z.-B., Li, J. T. et Yue, M. 2010. Re´fection du ble´expose´a`un stress osmotique par le laser He-Ne. Can. J. Plant Sci. 90: 691Á698. Afin de pre´ciser le pouvoir de re´fection du laser a`he´lium-ne´on (He-Ne) sur le ble´(Triticum aestivum L.) expose´aù n stress osmotique, les auteurs ont soumis des plantules de 12 jours (deux feuilles comple`tement de´veloppe´es) a`un stress osmotique en les traitant pendant 9 jours avec une solution a`5% (p/v), a`10% (p/v) ou a`15% (p/v) de polye´thyle`ne glycol (PEG 6000). Au terme de cette pe´riode, ils ont irradie´les plantules de ble´de printemps avec un laser He-Ne pendant 0, 1 ou 3 minutes. Pour ve´rifier l'effet des rayonnements, ils ont mesure´la variation de la concentration de malondialde´hyde (MDA), de peroxyde d'hydroge`ne (H 2 O 2 ), de glutathion (GSH) et d'ascorbate (AsA), le taux de production de radicaux superoxydes (O ( 2 ) ainsi que l'activite´de l'ascorbate peroxydase (APX), de la peroxydase (POD), de la catalase (CAT), de la dismutase superoxyde (SOD) et de la glutathion re´ductase (GR). Les re´sultats indiquent que 3 minutes d'irradiation rendent les plantules de ble´tole´rants au stress osmotique en re´duisant la concentration de MDA et le taux de production de O ( 2 , ainsi qu'en accroissant l'activite´de la SOD et de l'APX de meˆme que la concentration de GSH. On ...