Botany Department, Shivaji Univesity, Kolhapur-416 004, Maharashtra, India.
*Correspondence Author. E. Mail: kyalbp2003@yahoo.co.in
The study was undertaken to investigate the influence of leaf leachates of Eucalyptus globulus Labill, Moringa oleifera Lamk, Parthenium hysterophorus L. and soybean on carbohydrate metabolism in germinating seeds of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var.M.35-1. The leaf leachates of Eucalyptus, Moringa, Parthenium and soybean decreased activity of amylase and invertase. The leachates also reduced the level of reducing and non-reducing sugars. The leaf leachate of Parthenium leaves caused maximum disturbances in the carbohydrate metabolism.
Alpha-amylase, carbohydrate metabolism, Eucalyptus globulus, invertase, Moringa oleifera, non-reducing sugars, Parthenium hysterophorus, reducing sugars, soybean, total sugars
