Department of Botany, S.V. University, Tirupati-517 502
* Present Address: Lecturer in Botany, Government Junior College for girls, Dharmavaram-517 569,
Abscisic acid treatment (4 x 10−4 M for 1–6 hr) induced increased rates of conductance as compared to control in seeds of four non-dormant groundnut varieties. The maximum conductance was for AK-12-24 followed by Pol-2, TMV-2 and J-11 in that order.