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| Title: | Nitrate reductase: A biochemical marker for screening superior strain of lemongrass [Cymbopogon flexuosus (Steud) Wats] |
| Authors: | Sarma, Aniruddha
Sarma, Hemen
Sarma, T C
Handique, A K |
| Keywords: | Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Biochemical marker
Cymbopogon flexuosus
Herbage yield
Nitrate reductase (NR) |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | The aim of this
study was to ascertain whether nitrate reductase (NR) and alkaline phosphatase
activity (ALP) can be used as biochemical marker to screen lemon grass [Cymbopogon flexuosus (Steud) Wats]
genotypes for higher herbage yield. In the study, 11 strains of essential oil
bearing cash crop lemongrass were used. The results revealed that in vivo NR activity has significant positive
correlation with herbage yield; however, no significant correlation was found for
ALP. Thus, NR activity can be used as biochemical marker for screening lemon
grass genotypes for growth and herbage yield. |
| Page(s): | 242-244 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-0967 (Online); 0972-5849 (Print) |
| Source: | IJBT Vol.10(2) [April 2011]
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