Polygalacturonase activity has been detected in a number of plants including seedlings of Phaseolus vulgaris, Zea mays, Avena sativa, and Pisum sativum. Particular emphasis was placed on characterizing the enzyme from oat seedlings. This enzyme is solubilized by 0.2 m NaCl, and its activity is highest near the apical tips of oat coleoptiles. It has a pH optimum between 5 and 5.5 and is activate...

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Three oat cultivars and one oat breeding line were evaluated for chemical, hydration and pasting properties. Protein, starch and β-glucan levels ranged 11.13∼14.37, 56.37∼64.86 and 3.44∼4.76%, respectively. The oat cultivars Daeyang and Seonyang contained higher β-glucan levels of 4.76 and 4.35%. The Daeyang variety had a higher water absorption index (WAI) of 2.83∼3.35 (g/g), but a lower water...

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Avena fatua and Phalaris minor are narrow-leaved weeds that pose problems for many crops. In order to study the effects of sodium chloride (NaCl) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) on germination and initial seedling growth of Avena fatua and Phalaris minor, an experiment was conducted based on a completely randomized design with 4 replications under laboratory conditions during 2011-2012. Eight lev...

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Genetic variability, correlation and path coefficients for fifteen agro-morphological traits were studied on 100 oat lines including two checks. Genotypic phenotypic of variation high leaf number per tiller weight panicle. Traits such as plant, tiller, panicle, stem width, individual plant yield, length internode thousand seed showed heritability accompanied by genetic advance indicating that t...

In the introduction to a recent paper by the writer (5), -the phenomenon of the polar transport of auxin in plants was briefly discussed. It was indicated there that the electrical theory of the polar transport of auxin was one of the most widely accepted ones. This theory states that the inherent electrical polarity of plants is the cause of the longitudinal polar transport of the negative ion...