biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 45:589-591, 2002 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1022338900818

Salinity Induced Changes in α-Amylase Activity During Germination and Early Cotton Seedling Growth

M.Y. Ashraf1, G. Sarwar1, M. Ashraf2, R. Afaf2, A. Sattar2
1 Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad, Pakistan
2 Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Salinity induced changes in α-amylase activity in three cotton cultivars (NIAB-Karishma, NIAB-86 and K-115) was studied during germination and early seedling growth under controlled conditions. The increase in NaCl concentration resulted in the decrease in α-amylase activity and break down of starch into reducing and non-reducing sugars in all cultivars, however, it was more pronounced in NIAB-86. K-115 showed highest germination followed by NIAB-Karishma and NIAB-86.

Keywords: Gossypium hirsutum; reducing and non-reducing sugars
Subjects: cotton, early growth; early growth; germination, salinity, α-amylase; Gossypium hirsutum; salt stress, α-amylase, germination; seed germination; sugars, reducing, non-reducing

Published: December 1, 2002  Show citation

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Ashraf, M.Y., Sarwar, G., Ashraf, M., Afaf, R., & Sattar, A. (2002). Salinity Induced Changes in α-Amylase Activity During Germination and Early Cotton Seedling Growth. Biologia plantarum, 45(4), 589-591. doi: 10.1023/A:1022338900818
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