The Effect Of Salt Concentration On Abelmoschus Esculentus (Okra)
Introduction
Over the course of several weeks, myself and my fellow classmates have been researching and conducting an experiment that focuses on the effect of ascorbate peroxidase (a.p) as well as salt stress at different levels of concentrations on Abelmoschus esculentus (okra). Okra is a plant that is composed of 87.1% of water. In addition to being made mostly of water this highly nutritious vegetable is also composed of 0.2% of fat, 9.7% of carbohydrate, 2.2 % protein, 1.0 % fiber, and 0.8 % ash. Okra is indigenous to the tropical regions of South Africa and can be easily grown and harvested throughout all seasons, which made it suitable for the changing weather occurrences experienced throughout the experiment (Saifullah, Rabbani, …show more content…
High salt concentrations causes an ion imbalance as well as osmotic stress within plants an ultimately changes the plant physiological, morphology, and biochemical process (Dkhil, Denden, 2012). Plants have a sensitivity to salt and automatically show a Na+ within their membranes when exposed to a saline solution (Beilby, 2015). There are many phases within the development of a plant however, seed germination is one of the most important phase within the plants life cycle (Baghizadeh, Hajmohammadrezaei 2014). Within the experiment conducted by Dkhil and Denden (2010) it was determined that a concentration of 100 mM sodium chloride induced changes within the germination process of okra seeds to a rate of 80.5% where as the seeds prepared with only deionized water yielded a success rate of 100% germination. Based on this result alone one can concur that within our experiment the outcome could possibly yield similar …show more content…
(2014). Effect of Salicylic Acid on Germination and Growth Seedling of 10 Variety Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.) under drought Stress. International Journal of Biosciences (IJB),5(1), 445-448. doi:10.12692/ijb/5.1.445-448
Beilby, M. J. (2015). Salt tolerance at single cell level in giant-celled Characeae. Frontiers in Plant Science,6. doi:10.3389/fpls.2015.00226
Dkhil, B. B., & Denden, M. (2010). Salt stress induced changes in germination, sugars, starch and enzyme of carbohydrate metabolism in Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Moench.) seeds. African Journal of Agricultural Research,5(12), 1412-1418. Retrieved March 05, 2018, from http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/article-full-text-pdf/CF0AAA635989
Dkhil, B. B., & Denden, M. (2012). Effect of Salt Stress on Growth, Anthocyanins, Membrane Permeability and Chlorophyll Fluorescence of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) Seedlings. American Journal of Plant Physiology. doi:10.18411/a-2017-023
Hussain, N., Abbasi, T., & Abbasi, S. A. (2017). Detoxification of parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) and its metamorphosis into an organic fertilizer and biopesticide. Bioresources and Bioprocessing,4(1).
Over the course of several weeks, myself and my fellow classmates have been researching and conducting an experiment that focuses on the effect of ascorbate peroxidase (a.p) as well as salt stress at different levels of concentrations on Abelmoschus esculentus (okra). Okra is a plant that is composed of 87.1% of water. In addition to being made mostly of water this highly nutritious vegetable is also composed of 0.2% of fat, 9.7% of carbohydrate, 2.2 % protein, 1.0 % fiber, and 0.8 % ash. Okra is indigenous to the tropical regions of South Africa and can be easily grown and harvested throughout all seasons, which made it suitable for the changing weather occurrences experienced throughout the experiment (Saifullah, Rabbani, …show more content…
High salt concentrations causes an ion imbalance as well as osmotic stress within plants an ultimately changes the plant physiological, morphology, and biochemical process (Dkhil, Denden, 2012). Plants have a sensitivity to salt and automatically show a Na+ within their membranes when exposed to a saline solution (Beilby, 2015). There are many phases within the development of a plant however, seed germination is one of the most important phase within the plants life cycle (Baghizadeh, Hajmohammadrezaei 2014). Within the experiment conducted by Dkhil and Denden (2010) it was determined that a concentration of 100 mM sodium chloride induced changes within the germination process of okra seeds to a rate of 80.5% where as the seeds prepared with only deionized water yielded a success rate of 100% germination. Based on this result alone one can concur that within our experiment the outcome could possibly yield similar …show more content…
(2014). Effect of Salicylic Acid on Germination and Growth Seedling of 10 Variety Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.) under drought Stress. International Journal of Biosciences (IJB),5(1), 445-448. doi:10.12692/ijb/5.1.445-448
Beilby, M. J. (2015). Salt tolerance at single cell level in giant-celled Characeae. Frontiers in Plant Science,6. doi:10.3389/fpls.2015.00226
Dkhil, B. B., & Denden, M. (2010). Salt stress induced changes in germination, sugars, starch and enzyme of carbohydrate metabolism in Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Moench.) seeds. African Journal of Agricultural Research,5(12), 1412-1418. Retrieved March 05, 2018, from http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/article-full-text-pdf/CF0AAA635989
Dkhil, B. B., & Denden, M. (2012). Effect of Salt Stress on Growth, Anthocyanins, Membrane Permeability and Chlorophyll Fluorescence of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) Seedlings. American Journal of Plant Physiology. doi:10.18411/a-2017-023
Hussain, N., Abbasi, T., & Abbasi, S. A. (2017). Detoxification of parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) and its metamorphosis into an organic fertilizer and biopesticide. Bioresources and Bioprocessing,4(1).