Seed potentiation of lentil by herbal manipulation

Abstract

Effect of Gleichenia leaves on lentil (Lens culinaris) seeds was evaluated by physiological and biochemical approaches. Some reliable indices were taken as the major findings of the experimental plant species. It was concomitant from the detailed experimental results that the concentrations of leaf extracts (1:1 and 1:2) exert positive allelopathic effect. The plant extracts (1:1 and 1:2) of Gleichenia reduced the percentage germinability of lentil seeds. The plant extract-induced biochemical changes associated with enhanced leaching of free amino acids and soluble carbohydrate contents followed by reduced insoluble carbohydrates, RNA contents and dehydrogenase enzyme activity from the seed species were also analysed.