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Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Year: 2006 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 1047-1050
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2006.1047.1050
Chilling Tolerance in Pisum sativum L. Seeds: An Ecological Adaptation
J. Shereena and Nabeesa Salim

Abstract: Pisum sativum L. plants are well-adapted to grow in the areas with cool and humid climatic conditions of tropics, subtropics and temperate regions with temperature ranging from 7-30°C. These plants grow as inter annual, can tolerate frost to -20°C in the seedling stage. In Pisum sativum seeds the heat shock given at 45 and 50°C resulted in seedling growth retardation at room temperature but the heat shock was ameliorated by chilling treatment since in all experimentals (treatments at 35, 40, 45 and 50°C) seedlings exhibited uniform proliferated growth in cold condition. This quality of Pisum sativum seeds seems to be an ecological adaptation to growth at a wide range of temperature regime.

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J. Shereena and Nabeesa Salim, 2006. Chilling Tolerance in Pisum sativum L. Seeds: An Ecological Adaptation. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences, 5: 1047-1050.

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