Biochemical and physiological aspects of soybean seeds under the effect of benzyl adenine

ABSTRACT

Two pot experiments were performed in two successive years [1990, 1991] to study the effect of foliar application of benzyl adenine [at 50, 100 and 200 ppm] at flowering and fruiting stages on carbohydrate, protein, oil of the soybean seeds yielded. The results revealed that benzyl adenine at the lowest concentration [50 ppm] induced a marked increase in the carbohydrate content whereas the relatively high concentrations [100 and 200 ppm] induced a marked decrease in the carbohydrate content. The protein content of soybean seeds was increased significantly in response to all doses of benzyl adenine. Also, the results showed that benzyl adenine induced marked changes in amino acid composition of soybean seed protein were dependent upon the concentration of benzyl adenine. Treatment with benzyl adenine at different concentrations induced an appreciable increase in the total saturated fatty acids of soybean oil relative to unsaturated ones and to the control values