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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ray, Sunanda
• Tah, Jagatpati
• Laskar, Subrata
• Sinhababu, Amalendu

Titel

Study of genotypic variation of cultivars of winged bean [Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (Stickm.) DC.] with the help of n-alkane profile

Ist Teil von

• Plant systematics and evolution, 2014-02, Vol.300 (2), p.209-215

Ort / Verlag

Vienna: Springer

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

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SpringerNature Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The leaf cuticle is covered by epicuticular wax consisting mainly of straight-chain aliphatic hydrocarbons with a variety of substituted groups. Studies have been concentrated on n-alkanes in epicuticular wax of Winged bean [Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (Stickm.) DC.]. Hydrocarbon constituents especially n-alkane analyses of seven cultivars of Winged bean [Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (Stickm.) DC.] have been undertaken. All the n-alkanes in between C 14 —C 18 and C 20 —C 38 are present in each of the species. Among the species, amount of n-alkanes is maximum in IC112417 and relatively low in EC38825. Scanning electron microscopic views were also taken for epicuticular layers and their hydrocarbons of the leaves of all the genotype species of the plant. Qualitative and quantitative characterization of n-alkanes present in the epicuticular wax extracted from the mature leaves can be used as an effective tool in chemo taxonomical work and also for the study of genotypic variation of the different cultivars.