Amelioration of negative effect of water stress in Cassia angustifolia by benzyladenine and/or ascorbic acid

Authors
Singh, DV Srivastava, GC Abdin, MZ
Citation
Dv. Singh et al., Amelioration of negative effect of water stress in Cassia angustifolia by benzyladenine and/or ascorbic acid, BIOL PLANT, 44(1), 2001, pp. 141-143
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
ISSN journal
00063134 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
141 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3134(2001)44:1<141:AONEOW>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The effect of benzyladenine (BA) and ascorbic acid (AA) on relative water c ontent, proline accumulation, net photosynthetic rate (P-N), chlorophyll (C hl) content and nitrate reductase (NR) activity, under sufficient water sup ply and moisture stress was studied in senna (Cassia angustifolia Vahl:) at seedling, vegetative, flowering and pod formation stages. AA treatment res ulted in a higher accumulation of proline at all the stages of growth. Both BA and AA enhanced P-N, Chi content and NR activity, and ameliorate the ne gative effect of water stress.