biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 44:411-415, 2001 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1012411330600

Physiological Responses of Chrysanthemum Petals during Senescence

R. Elanchezhian1, G.C. Srivastava1
1 Division of Plant Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-, India

Flower senescence was studied in three cultivars of Chrysanthemum coronarium L.: Snowball White, Yellow Chandrama (standard type flowers) and Spray Button (spray type flowers). Spray button flowers exhibited least respiration rate, less efflux of ions, minimum protease activity and less decline in fresh mass, relative water content and total soluble protein content with the progression of senescence. The Snowball White flowers showed highest respiration rate, great efflux of ions, maximum protease activity, high activity of hydrolytic as well as proteolytic enzymes, and high decline in fresh mass, relative water content, and total soluble protein content. Yellow Chandrama flowers showed responses similar to Snowball White flowers.

Keywords: Chrysanthemum coronarium; ion efflux; petal senescence; protease activity; protein content; relative water content; respiration rate
Subjects: Chrysanthemum coronarium; proteases, petal senescence; respiration, petal senescence; senescence, petal, cultivar differences; water content, petal senescence

Published: September 1, 2001  Show citation

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Elanchezhian, R., & Srivastava, G.C. (2001). Physiological Responses of Chrysanthemum Petals during Senescence. Biologia plantarum, 44(3), 411-415. doi: 10.1023/A:1012411330600
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