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Effects of biomin and algae suspensions on the activities of carboxylating and decarboxylating enzymes in cadmium-treated pea plants

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Cadmium-treated pea plants exhibited PEPC and NADP-ME activities, titratable acidity, and malate concentration in the leaves similar to controls. The PEPC activity in the roots of Cd-treated plants decreased by about 40 %, and NADP-ME increased more than twice. The titratable acidity remained similar as in the leaves, but the malate content diminished by about 30 %. The application of 500 g(d.m.) m-3 biomin and a combination of biomin and algae suspensions to Cd-treated plants brought about an increase in the titratable acidity and in the malate concentrations in the leaves and the roots.

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  1. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bontchev Str., Block 21, Institute of Plant Physiology, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria

    S.M. Kamenova-Jouhimenko

  2. Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Sofia, 8D Tsankov Boulevard, Sofia, 1421, Bulgaria

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Kamenova-Jouhimenko, S., Markovska, Y. & Georgieva, V. Effects of biomin and algae suspensions on the activities of carboxylating and decarboxylating enzymes in cadmium-treated pea plants. Biologia Plantarum 40, 405–410 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001122115590

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