Biologia plantarum 23:24, 1981 | DOI: 10.1007/BF02909206
Beta-amylase Activity in artificially aged soybean seeds
- 1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, India
Four soybean cultivars differing in storage potential were subjected to accelerated aging for different periods (2, 4, 6 and 8 days) and tested for germinability and beta-amylase activity. Aging caused a considerable and continuous increase in enzyme activity in both cotyledons and axes of all the four cultivars.
Received: January 31, 1980; Accepted: March 23, 1980; Published: January 1, 1981 Show citation
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