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Nitrate reductase (NR) activity of bothPisum sativum L. cv. Bonneville andTriticum aestivum L. cv. Sonalika seedlings was influenced by the phytochrome system. Short durations of “red” irradiation (R) increased extractable levels of NR whereas subsequent short “far-red” irradiation (FR) partially inhibited the R modulated increases. Qualitatively, a negative correlation existed between thein vitro NR activities andin vivo phytochrome levels inPisum. “Blue” irradiation (B) also increased extractable levels of NR inTriticum. A partial action spectrum study made by exposing excised etiolated leaves ofTriticum and shoot apices ofPisum revealed a maximum increase in extractable NR activities and tissue nitrate level (inTriticum) at 656 nm. A partial action spectrum for the extracted enzyme ofTriticum indicated that at 700 nm the level of activity was increased (as compared to dark controls) more than by R (656 nm), FR (725 nm) or B (425 or 450 nm) irradiation, although all wavelengths used increased NR activity.
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Bakshi, I.S. Regulation of the nitrate reductase inPisum sativum andtriticum aestivum by irradiation. Biol Plant 25, 252–258 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02902871
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