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Effects of soil fertility on the activities of certain enzymes of desiccated wheat leaves

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Isolated wheat (Triticum aestivum var. Kalyan Sona) leaves obtained from plants raised under high and low soil fertility were subjected to quick and slow drying conditions avoiding temperature stress. The leaves of plants raised under high fertility display higher enzyme activity (Amylase, acid pyrophosphatase and ATPase) and large chlorophyll content as compared to the leaves of plants raised under low fertility.

It was concluded that adequate nutrition conducive for greater plant vigour brings about an efficient enzyme activity and higher chlorophyll content, despite desiccation, as compared to plants raised under low soil fertility. The results indicated that the hydrature of the tissue need not necessarily be an index of efficiency of metabolism. Under desiccation leaves of plants under high fertility may lose more moisture as compared to leaves of plants raised under low fertility. At the low identical states of hydrature enzyme activities and chlorophyll content remain higher in leaves of plants raised under high soil fertility.

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  1. Division of Soil-Water-Plant Relationship, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, 342001, Jodhpur, India

    S. Kathju & A. N. Lahiri

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Kathju, S., Lahiri, A.N. Effects of soil fertility on the activities of certain enzymes of desiccated wheat leaves. Plant Soil 44, 709–713 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011389

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