The respiratory activity of the normal and the macapuno coconut endosperms.

Date

4-1986

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Biology

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Evelyn Mae T. Mendoza

Abstract

Spectrophotometry and gas chromatography were used to measure the ATP content and the respiration rates of the normal and the makapuno (mutant) coconut endosperms at different stages of development. Results showed a slightly higher ATP content in the makapuno endosperm ( 0.056 - 0.137 /Amol ATP/c, ) compared with the normal 0.036 - 0.113 A umol ATP/ ). For both types of endosperms, statistically significant differences in mean ATP content among the three obstacles of development we in e observed. Stacie I ( umo old ) endosperm had the highest ATP content ( 0.113 umol ATP/g for the normal endosperm and 0.137 umol ATP. for the makapuno endosperm, which was two- to three-fold higher ( 60- 70% higher ) than the values obtained for the more mature stages.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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Document Type

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