1ICAR-Indian Institute of Seed Science, Mau-275 103, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
3University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru-560 065, Karnataka, India
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding author's e-mail: vijayhpm@yahoo.com
Online published on 22 January, 2020.
Seed deterioration during storage is associated with various metabolic and chemical alterations that vary among genotypes in soybean. In the present study, five genotypes with good storability viz., kalitur, MACS 1416, EC 18761, CO1 and DSB21 and five genotypes with poor storability viz., JS 71–05, DS 228, MAUS 61, NRC 93 and DSB 24 were selected and evaluated for biochemical changes to identify the best donors for storability. Among the genotypes, all the poor storer genotypes showed faster accumulation of free amino acids, free fatty acids and malondialdehyde content as a result of oxidative stress. Poor storergenotypes also showed the increasedlipoxygenase I& II enzymesactivity. Allthe goodstorer genotypes showed higher anti-oxidative enzymes activity causing slower lipid peroxidation. Among the good storers, kalitur showed favourable biochemical features for storability while MAUS-61 was identified as poor storer exhibiting less favourable biochemical features.
Biochemical changes, Deterioration, Genotypes, Seed, Soybean, Storability
