Table III.
Changes in carbohydrate contents in embryonic axes during imbibition
Carbohydrate content in embryonic axes isolated from dormant sunflower embryos before imbibition (dry), from embryos that were imbibed on water for 3 and 24 h at 10°C (H2O), and HCN-treated embryos (HCN) imbibed for 3 h in gaseous HCN and then transferred for 21 h on water at 10°C. Values are means of five replicates ± sd. nd, Nondetectable; DW, dry weight.
| Treatment | Duration of Imbibition | Carbohydrate Content
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| Suc | Fru | Glc | Raffinose | ||
| h | μg g DW−1 | ||||
| No | 0 (dry) | 17.08 ± 0.50 | 1.12 ± 0.22 | 1.86 ± 0.37 | 8.59 ± 0.88 |
| H2O | 3 | 12.88 ± 0.34 | 1.05 ± 0.34 | 1.74 ± 0.56 | 8.17 ± 1.13 |
| HCN | 3 | 17.41 ± 1.90 | 1.42 ± 0.23 | 2.35 ± 0.38 | 5.85 ± 0.86 |
| H2O | 24 | 9.73 ± 0.36 | 0.49 ± 0.07 | 0.81 ± 0.12 | 4.01 ± 0.34 |
| HCN | 24 | 6.96 ± 0.67 | nd | nd | 4.45 ± 0.79 |