Open AccessEffect of methanol on winter rape seedlings
Author(s) -
Stanisław Kaczmarczyk,
Robert M. Devlin,
Irena I. Zbieć
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta agrobotanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2300-357X
pISSN - 0065-0951
DOI - 10.5586/aa.1995.013
Subject(s) - dry matter , seedling , methanol , nitrate reductase , chlorophyll , biomass (ecology) , chemistry , horticulture , yield (engineering) , agronomy , botany , biology , nitrate , materials science , organic chemistry , metallurgy
Oil seed rape seedlings which had been treated with 10-30% methanol grew faster, their yield of fresh matter exceeded that of untreated control plants by 102%, of dry matter by 80%. Although methanol did not affect the content of chlorophyll or carotene in the leaves, the overall pigment yield grew with the dry matter of one seedling. The biomass of rape leaves which had been sprayed with 10 or 20% methanol solutions was by 50-90% higher as compared to untreated plants. The activity of some enzymes (nitrate reductase and alkaline phosphatase) also increased in methanol treated plants