EFFECT OF KCL ON CHLOROPHYLL, TOTAL SUGARS, SOLUBLE-PROTEIN, AND IN-VIVO NITRATE REDUCTASE-ACTIVITY IN LEAVES OF QUERCUS-SERRATA AND CORRELATION STUDIES
Mk. Ghosh et Rc. Srivastava, EFFECT OF KCL ON CHLOROPHYLL, TOTAL SUGARS, SOLUBLE-PROTEIN, AND IN-VIVO NITRATE REDUCTASE-ACTIVITY IN LEAVES OF QUERCUS-SERRATA AND CORRELATION STUDIES, Israel journal of plant sciences, 43(1), 1995, pp. 63-68
Foliar treatment with different concentrations of potassium chloride (
KCl) to Quercus serrata seedlings resulted in higher levels of total c
hlorophyll, total sugars, soluble protein, and in vivo nitrate reducta
se activity in the leaves. Optimal concentration was found to be 5.0 m
M KCl. The results with foliar applications were further verified with
excised shoots dipped in KCl and with leaves treated directly with KC
l. Regression and correlation coefficients were analyzed, and a strong
positive correlation was found between chlorophyll and total sugars,
and between soluble protein and in vivo nitrate reductase activity.