THE BIOELECTRIC POTENTIAL OF SEEDS AS A FUNCTION OF GROWTH AND OF X-RAY DOSAGE
- 1 January 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 26 (1) , 19-29
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.26.1.19
Abstract
Bioelectric potentials of corn, wheat and bean seedlings were investigated using 2 methods for measuring. The potential of seedlings rises slowly from zero at dormacy for the first few hrs. in a nutrient soln. and rises much more rapidly as coleoptile elongation begins. The high-yielding vars. show a higher potential than the low-yielding. The potential of seeds of a given var. is independent of the wt. The effect of X-rays on the potential is similar to the effect on the length of the coleoptiles. Heavy doses in general decrease the potential of seeds and lower their vitality.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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