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  • TITLE
  • DECLARATION
  • DEDICATION
  • CERTIFICATE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • CONTENTS
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • II. MATERIALS AND METHODS
  • C. FOLIAR EPIDERMAL STUDIES
  • A. GERMINATION STUDIES
  • Clearing techniques used for study of palisade ratio.
  • B. HISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS - QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE
  • 1. Insoluble polysaccharides
  • 2. Sulphated and Carboxylated polysaccharides
  • 3. starch
  • 4. Total Proteins
  • 1. Chlorophyll & Carotenoid contents
  • 2. Total Carbohydrate content
  • Preparation of Standard Carbohydrate Solution
  • 4. Total protien
  • Reagents for Lowry Method
  • D. MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES
  • E. PHYTOMASS AND PRODUCTIVITY
  • F. YIELD STUDIES
  • G. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDIES OF SEEDS - (SEM)
  • III. OBSERVATIONS
  • A. GERMINATION STUDIES
  • a. Germination percentage
  • b. Radicle and hypocotyle length
  • B. HISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
  • a. Qualitative
  • Plate 1. Histochemical localisation of starch in foliar epidermis I2KI reaction Capsicum Frutescens L.
  • Plate 2. Histochemical localisation of starch in foliar epidermis I2KI reaction Solanum Melongena L.
  • Plate 3. Histochemical localisation of starch in foliar epidermis I2KI reaction Solanum Nigrum L.
  • Plate 4. Histochemical localisation of insoluble polysaccharides in foliar epidermis (PAS reaction) Capsicum Frutescens L.
  • Plate 5. Histochemical localisation of insoluble polysaccharides in foliar epidermis (PAS reaction) Solanum Melongena L.
  • Plate 6. Histochemical localisation of insoluble polysaccharides in foliar epidermis (PAS reaction) Solanum Nigrum L.
  • Plate 7. Histochemical localisation of sulphated and carboxylated polysaccharides in foliar epidermis (Toludine Blue O Reaction) Capsicum Frutescens L.
  • Plate 8. Histochemical localisation of sulphated and carboxylated polysaccharides in foliar epidermis (Toludine Blue O Reaction) Solanum Melongena L.
  • Plate 9. Histochemical localisation of sulphated and carboxylated polysaccharides in foliar epidermis (Toludine Blue O Reaction) Solanum Nigrum L.
  • Plate 10. Histochemical localisation of protein in Foliar epidermis mercuric bromophenol blue reaction Capsicum Frutescens L.
  • Plate 11. Histochemical localisation of protein in Foliar epidermis mercuric bromophenol blue reaction Solanum Melongena L.
  • Plate 12. Histochemical localisation of protein in Foliar epidermis mercuric bromophenol blue reaction Solanum Nigrum L.
  • b. Quantitative
  • C. FOLIAR EPIDERMAL STUDIES
  • a. Stomata indxes, Frequencies and Abnormalities
  • b. Palisade ratio
  • D. MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES
  • a. Height of the plants
  • b. Length of the roots
  • c. Number of leaves
  • d. Number of branches
  • E. PHYTOMASS AND PRODUCTIVITY
  • a. Phytomass - Stem
  • b. Phytomass – Leaves
  • c. Phytomass - Root
  • d. Total phytomass
  • e. Net primary productivity
  • F. YIELD STUDIES
  • a. Number of flowers
  • b. Number of fruits
  • G. SEM STUDIES OF SEEDS
  • Plate 13. Scanning electron micrographs of the seeds of Capsicum Frutescens
  • Plate 14. Scanning electron micrographs of the seeds of Solanum Melongena L.
  • Plate 15. Scanning electron micrographs of the seeds of Solanum Nigrum
  • IV. DISCUSSION
  • GERMINATION STUDIES
  • Radicle a hypocotyle elongation
  • HISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
  • Chlorophyll content
  • Carotenoid
  • Total Carbohydrate
  • Total protein content
  • FOLIAR EPIDERMAL STUDIES
  • Stomata indxes, Frequencies and Abnormalities
  • Palisade ratio
  • GROWTH, PHYTOMASS, PRODUCTIVITY AND YIELD
  • SEM STUDIES OF SEEDS
  • V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
  • VI. LITERATURE CITED