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Seven-day-old seedlings obtained from seeds primed with mannitol (4%)and water showed three to four fold more growth with respect to root and shootlength in comparison with seedlings obtained from non-primed seeds. Seedlingswere grown under water deficit stress conditions created by 15% polyethyleneglycol (PEG) 6000 in the medium. Priming of chickpea seeds with NaCl and PEGwasnot effective in increasing seedling growth under these water deficit stressconditions. The activities of amylase, invertases (acid and alkaline), sucrosesynthase (SS) and sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) were higher in shoots ofprimed seedlings. An increase in the activities of SS, and both the acid andalkaline invertases was also observed in roots of primed seedlings. The twofoldincrease in specific activity of sucrose phosphate synthase was observed incotyledons of primed seedlings. The higher amylase activity in shoots of primedseedlings enhanced the rapid hydrolysis of transitory starch of the shootleading to more availability of glucose for shoot growth and this was confirmedby the low level of starch in shoots of primed seedlings.
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Kaur, S., Gupta, A.K. & Kaur, N. Effect of osmo- and hydropriming of chickpea seeds on seedling growth and carbohydrate metabolism under water deficit stress. Plant Growth Regulation 37, 17–22 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020310008830
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