biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 35:37-42, 1993 | DOI: 10.1007/BF02921116

Growth rate and total nonstructural saccharides content inAlopecurus pratensis L.

J. Gloser1
1 Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Brno, Czech Republic

Total nonstructural saccharides (TNS) content in young plant ofAlopecurus pratensis was always above 4% of dry matter even at several types of stress treatment (nitrogen deficiency, low irradiance). TNS content was in negative correlation with concentration of total nitrogen in all cases. Positive correlation was found between the TNS content in plants and relative increase in their root growth rate.

Received: December 18, 1991; Accepted: October 27, 1992; Published: March 1, 1993  Show citation

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Gloser, J. (1993). Growth rate and total nonstructural saccharides content inAlopecurus pratensis L. Biologia plantarum, 35(1), 37-42. doi: 10.1007/BF02921116
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