Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 1994, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (03): 37-39.

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The Effect of Caffeine on Seed Germination, Peroxidase Isozymes and Cell Mitosis of Wheat

Wang Zhen-ying, Lin Hai-liang and Wang Xiu-fen   

  1. (Department of Biology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300074)
  • Online:1994-09-15 Published:1994-09-15

Abstract: The seed germination, seedling growth of wheat were retarded by caffeine, when the concentration of caffeine was higher than 30ppm, The Index of root cell mitosis greatly decreased with the increase of caffeine concentration, There were no changes in the isozymes of POD and MDH in the wheat roots when the concentration of caffeine was low, but the activities of both enzymes were all lost when the concentration was 100ppm.