Effects of Chlorocholine Chloride on Phytohormones and Photosynthetic Characteristics in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Antioxidant status and physiological responses of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to cycocel application and bio fertilizers under water limitation condition

“…Chlorophyll loss was shown to be accompanied by the damage of the mesophyll chloroplasts, which led to a lower photosynthetic rate (Wang & Xiao 2009).…”

“…Nejadsahebi et al (2010) reported that the application of CCC in water limitation, increased RWC and stomata resistance. Wang and Xiao (2009) imply that treatment of plants with CCC may increase the number of chloroplasts, elevate the concentration of chlorophyll and carotenoids, accelerate the process of photophosphorylation, and stimulate the photosynthetic rate. CCC has the ability to delay senescence of leaf, arresting chlorophyll degradation and promoting the synthesis of soluble proteins and enzymes, resulting in more assimilation surface area (Attia 2004).…”

Effect of alar and CCC on induction and germination of bulbils in Curculigo orchioides grown in shake flask cultures

“…As CCC blocks GA synthesis at an early stage in the pathway, the chances of GA being formed through an alternative pathway may have also been blocked. CCC is known to exert changes in contents of sugars, growth patterns, morphogenesis and respiration rate (Wang and Xiao 2009) thereby affecting the fresh weight accumulation as recorded in the current study. Alar, CCC and paclobutrazol enhanced bulblet formation in lily (Kumar et al 2005), CCC markedly increased tuber yield and quality in potato (Wang and Xiao 2009) and GA played different roles during different phases of tuberization (Dragicevic et al 2008).…”

“…These retardants are known to antagonize the effect of gibberellins and increase endogenous cytokinin (Rademacher 2000;Wang and Xiao 2009). Alar is considered as one of the most systemic growth retardants and affects growth and metabolism by various ways (El-Sheibany et al 2007).…”

“…Though germination was inhibited up to 60%, effect of alar was more profound in germination inhibition than CCC, but CCC also inhibited the growth of tubers. Plant growth and development processes, including that of storage organs, are influenced by plant growth retardants (Wang and Xiao 2009;Rayirath et al 2009). Experiments are in progress to develop methods for long-term storage of bulbils.…”