Vaishnav, P.P. and Bhatt, K. and Singh , Y.D. and Chinoy , J.J. (1978) Nitrate Reductase Activity in Relation to Dwarfism in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 5 (1). pp. 39-43.
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Abstract
Nitrate reductase (NADH) (NR) activity in pot culture experiments was studied in nine cultivars of S. bicolor (L.) Moench varying widely in height at maturity. The data were computed for curvilinear regression analysis and a best-fit polynomial curve was obtained. The NR activity showed an inverse correlation with plant height. We suggest that the physiology of dwarfism is governed by a number of complex metabolic processes. Further, the dwarf cultivars, by virtue of their high NR activity, may prove better for the selection of high-yielding, protein-rich cultivars for genetic manipulations
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Botany, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat, India |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement > Genetics/Genomics Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding Plant Physiology and Biochemistry > Plant Physiology Plant Physiology and Biochemistry > Biochemistry |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2012 05:37 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2012 05:37 |
| Official URL: | http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PP9780039.htm |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5365 |
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