Effect of Modes of Application of 28-Homobrassinolide on Mung Bean

Authors

QAZI FARIDUDDIN
SYED AIMAN HASAN
BARKET ALI
SHAMSUL HAYAT
AQIL AHMAD

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to assess the response of mung bean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) to 28-homobrassinolide (HBL) supplied to the seeds (1.0 µM) and/or to the foliage (0.01 µM) of the plants. Samples of the treated plant materials were assessed 30 and 50 days after sowing (DAS). It was observed that the activities of carbonic anhydrase (CA) and nitrate reductase (NR), leaf chlorophyll content (Chl), net photosynthetic rate (P_N), stomatal conductance (gs), carboxylation efficiency (CE), dry mass (DM), pod number, and seed yield at harvest increased significantly over the control, irrespective of the mode of application. However, the plants raised by seed soaking also received foliar application of HBL generated maximum response. The order of response to HBL treatment was seed soaking + foliage application > foliage application only > seed soaking > control.

DOI

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Keywords

Brassinosteroids, carbonic anhydrase, nitrate reductase, stomatal conductance

First Page

17

Last Page

21

Recommended Citation

FARIDUDDIN, QAZI; HASAN, SYED AIMAN; ALI, BARKET; HAYAT, SHAMSUL; and AHMAD, AQIL (2008) "Effect of Modes of Application of 28-Homobrassinolide on Mung Bean," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 32: No. 1, Article 3. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol32/iss1/3