Present paper deals with the study of impact of Acacia arabica gum solution on seed germination, root and shoot length of some pulses like cowpea, gram and some cereals like wheat and maize. It was found that Acacia arabica gum induces the seed germination, root and shoot length

Ashok M. Chavan, K.V. Badar  and

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Recent Research in Science and Technology 2011, 3(5): 06-07 ISSN: 2076-5061 www.recent-science.com BOTANY SEED PHYSIOLOGY OF SOME PULSES AND CEREALS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ACACIA  ARABICA GUM K.V. Badar1∗  and Ashok M. Chavan2 1Yeshwantrao Chavan College Sillod, Dist. Aurangabad 2Seed Pathology and Fungal Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad- 431004 (M.S.), India   Abstract Present paper deals with the study of impact of Acacia arabica gum solution on seed germination, root and shoot length of some pulses like cowpea, gram and some cereals like wheat and maize. It was found that Acacia arabica gum induces the seed germination, root and shoot length.  Keywords: Seed germination, Acacia arabica gum, Cereal, Pulses                                                           ∗ Corresponding Author, Email: badarkakasaheb@yahoo.in Introduction Gum arabica natural gum collected as exudates from different species of Acacia trees (Yapen Fang, 2010). Gum arabic is complex polysaccharides. Gum arabica shows antioxidant properties. The use of gum arabica has a long history. Now a days the properties and function of gum arabic have been extensively developed consequently. It is utilized in a wild range of industrial sectors including painting, glue pharmaceuticals etc (Willium, 2000; Ye, 2006). Even though gum arabic is utilized in our daily food there is no definite scientific consessus. About its possible biological properties (Phillips, 1998). There is very little information about the biological properties of gum arabic on botanicals. Considering the fact in present work has been carried out to study the impact of gum arabic on seed physiology of some pulses and cereals.   Materials and Methods Gum arabica was collected form Ajantha forest, at Ajantha, India. One percent solution of gum arabica was prepared. Seeds of cow pea, red gram, wheat and maize were soaked in 1 % solution of gum arabica for 24 hours. They were then placed on moist blotter in Petri plates. Seed soaked similarly in water served as control. Percent germination, root and shoot length of seedlings was measured after 7 days of incubation at room temperature.    Table 1 Impact of Acacia arabica gum (01%) on seed physiology of some pulses and cereals  Seeds % seed germination   Root length (mm) Shoot length (mm) Treated Control Treated Control Treated Control Cowpea 90 80 11.1 5.6 6 4 Gram 80 60 3.4 1.8 -- -- Wheat 90 90 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.2 Maize 80 50 1.1 1.1 -- --    Results and Discussion Table 1 show that Acacia arabica gum induces seed germination of cow pea, gram, wheat and maize seeds. It was also found that Acacia arabica gum activated the root and shoot length of cowpea and wheat seeds.  K.V. Badar and Ashok M. Chavan./Rec Res Sci Tech 3 (2011) 06-07  Conclusion It can be concluded that Acacia arabica gum induces seed physiology of cow pea, gram, wheat and maize seeds. Acknowledgement Senior author is grateful to Principal, Yeshwantrao Chavan College, Sillod Dist. Aurangabad (M.S.), India for their moral support. Authors are also thanks to Professor and Head Dept of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (M.S.), India for giving research facilities.     References  Phillips, G.O. (1998). Acacia gum (Gum Arabic): A nutritional fiber, metabolism and calorific value. Food Addit. Contam., 15: 251-264. Williams, P. A. (2000). In Handbook of Hydrocolloids; Williams, P. A., Phillips, G. O., Eds.; CRC Press: Cambridge, p 155. Ye, A., Flanagan, J., & Singh, H. (2006). Formation of stable nano-particles via electrostatic interactions between sodium caseinate and gum arabic. Biopolymers, 82, 121-133. Yapeng Fang, Saphwan Al-Assaf, Glyn O. Phillips, Katsuyoshi Nishinari, and Peter A. Williams (2010). Interaction of gum arabic with fatty acid studied using electron paramagnetic resonance Biomacromolecules: 11, 1398–1405.  

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