Changes in Antioxidant Enzyme Activity, Lipid Peroxidation and Seedling Growth of Cucumber Seed Induced by Hydropriming and Electric Field Treatments

Authors

  • Rukui Huang Vegetable Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China.
  • Sutevee Sukprakarn Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Lop Phavaphutanon Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Sunanta Juntakool Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Chaiwat Chaikul Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Keywords:

hydropriming, electric field, germination, enzyme activity, malondiadehyde accumulation

Abstract

Two cucumber seed lots ‘Bingo I’ (high germination) and ‘Bingo II’ (low germination) were subjected to hydropriming and electric field treatments. Hydropriming, which was conducted by incubating seeds (moisture content adjusted to 25-30%) for 3 days under 25oC and saturated humidity,
accelerated the speed of germination in both seed lots, also increased the germination percentage of ‘Bingo II’. Electric field treatment, which was carried out by exposing ‘Bingo I’ for 3 min to 5 kV/cm electric field, or exposing ‘Bingo II’ for 5 min to 3 kV/cm electric field, enhanced the germination percentage in ‘Bingo II’, but had no effect on ‘Bingo I’. Hydropriming accelerated seedling growth in ‘Bingo I’; electric field treatment, however, did not improve the seedling growth. Furthermore, the activities of superoxide dismuts, catalase and ascorbate peroxidase were increased remarkably in association with the reduction of malondialdehyde accumulation in these two seed lots after the two treatments.

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Published

2006-08-30

How to Cite

Rukui Huang, Sutevee Sukprakarn, Lop Phavaphutanon, Sunanta Juntakool, and Chaiwat Chaikul. 2006. “Changes in Antioxidant Enzyme Activity, Lipid Peroxidation and Seedling Growth of Cucumber Seed Induced by Hydropriming and Electric Field Treatments”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 40 (4). Bangkok, Thailand:825-34. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/243823.

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 4 (2006): July-August

Section

Research Article

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