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- 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