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Contributions to a biochemical study of sugarcane

I. Potential nitrate and nitrate reductase in sugarcane and their possible relation to yield capacity

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A study of the nitrate reductase activity (NRA) and nitrate N levels at different stages of growth in the stem of 4 sugarcane varieties, has indicated that during the 7th, 8th and 9th month stages of growth of the plants, the observed nitrate N and NRA levels show a good degree of linear relation. Based upon this relation, it has been shown that nitrate N that is potentially significant (pN) in reduction could be calculated at the different stages of growth of the plants. A higher level of pN during the 7th, 8th and 9th month stages of growth in a cane variety appears to be indicative of the superiority of the variety in respect of yield.

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  1. Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore-7

    K. Parthasarathi & S. Ramakrishnan

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Communicated by Prof. T. R. Seshadri,f.r.s., f.a.sc.

Published with the approval of the Director, Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore-7.

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Parthasarathi, K., Ramakrishnan, S. Contributions to a biochemical study of sugarcane. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 59, 110–116 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052395

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