Comparative Germination of Barley Seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) Soaked in Alkaline Media and Effects on Starch and Soluble Proteins

Barley seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) were germinated after soaking in different alkaline solutions of varied concentrations and pH, at room temperature of 25ºC. The rate of germination after 48 hours of soaking of the seeds in distilled water was found to be 35% and the rate for the seeds soaked in the so...

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Main Authors: A Perveen, IM Naqvi, R Shah, A Hasnain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP) 2010-06-01
Series:Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Online Access:https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/55457
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description Barley seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) were germinated after soaking in different alkaline solutions of varied concentrations and pH, at room temperature of 25ºC. The rate of germination after 48 hours of soaking of the seeds in distilled water was found to be 35% and the rate for the seeds soaked in the solutions of Ca (OH)2 , KOH and Mg(OH)2 was observed as 60, 66 and 62% respectively. Where-as the rate of germination for the solutions of NaOH and NaHCO3 remained the same as that of the water. The influence in length of rootlets was also examined as a function of the nature of the soaking solutions. Sharp increase in the length was observed in case of Mg (OH)2 and KOH while in NaOH, Ca(OH)2 and NaHCO3 increase in rootlets length was found insignificant . Variation of starch and soluble protein contents in soaked solutions were also examined. Starch and soluble protein contents were found to be the highest in NaOH soaked seeds as 57.7 and 5.95% respectively, compared to 45.07 and 2.50 % for the seeds soaked in water
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spelling doaj.art-36eac91af31440b497f4eaaf863e33a72024-04-02T19:57:09ZengJoint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management2659-15022659-14992010-06-0112310.4314/jasem.v12i3.55457Comparative Germination of Barley Seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) Soaked in Alkaline Media and Effects on Starch and Soluble ProteinsA PerveenIM NaqviR ShahA HasnainBarley seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) were germinated after soaking in different alkaline solutions of varied concentrations and pH, at room temperature of 25ºC. The rate of germination after 48 hours of soaking of the seeds in distilled water was found to be 35% and the rate for the seeds soaked in the solutions of Ca (OH)2 , KOH and Mg(OH)2 was observed as 60, 66 and 62% respectively. Where-as the rate of germination for the solutions of NaOH and NaHCO3 remained the same as that of the water. The influence in length of rootlets was also examined as a function of the nature of the soaking solutions. Sharp increase in the length was observed in case of Mg (OH)2 and KOH while in NaOH, Ca(OH)2 and NaHCO3 increase in rootlets length was found insignificant . Variation of starch and soluble protein contents in soaked solutions were also examined. Starch and soluble protein contents were found to be the highest in NaOH soaked seeds as 57.7 and 5.95% respectively, compared to 45.07 and 2.50 % for the seeds soaked in waterhttps://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/55457
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Comparative Germination of Barley Seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) Soaked in Alkaline Media and Effects on Starch and Soluble Proteins
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
title Comparative Germination of Barley Seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) Soaked in Alkaline Media and Effects on Starch and Soluble Proteins
title_full Comparative Germination of Barley Seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) Soaked in Alkaline Media and Effects on Starch and Soluble Proteins
title_fullStr Comparative Germination of Barley Seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) Soaked in Alkaline Media and Effects on Starch and Soluble Proteins
title_full_unstemmed Comparative Germination of Barley Seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) Soaked in Alkaline Media and Effects on Starch and Soluble Proteins
title_short Comparative Germination of Barley Seeds (Hordeum Vulgare) Soaked in Alkaline Media and Effects on Starch and Soluble Proteins
title_sort comparative germination of barley seeds hordeum vulgare soaked in alkaline media and effects on starch and soluble proteins
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