biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 23:86-90, 1981 | DOI: 10.1007/BF02878408

Free proline accumulation and drought resistance inCicer arietinum L.

G. Singh1, V. K. Rai1
1 Department of Bio-Sciences, H. P. University Simla, India

Two cultivara ofCicer arietinum L. with different sensitivity to drought in the early vegetative stage were compared for their capacity to accumulate proline when subjected to water stress. Both shoots and roots of the two selected cultivara accumulated proline under water stress and this effect increased with increase of water stress level. A high positive correlation between free proline and water saturation deficit (WSD) was recorded while these two factors were negatively correlated to the dry weight of the shoot. Also effects of duration of stress on proline accumulation patterns in relation to drought resistance have been shown.

Received: January 21, 1980; Accepted: May 22, 1980; Published: March 1, 1981  Show citation

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Singh, G., & Rai, V.K. (1981). Free proline accumulation and drought resistance inCicer arietinum L. Biologia plantarum, 23(2), 86-90. doi: 10.1007/BF02878408
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