RESPIRATION OF COTTONSEED
Open Access
- 1 October 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 21 (4), 506-521
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.21.4.506
Abstract
R. Q. of resting cottonseed is unity over a wide range of moisture contents. For convenience in expressing respiration in a quantitative manner, a quantity designated "average respiratory intensity," (RI), has been defined and means for its measurement provided according to the equation [image] time, t, t o and t f are the beginning and end of the expt., respectively, and t f[long dash]t o is the duration of the expt. The av. respiratory intensity of cottonseed increases with and is an exponential function of the moisture content. Values of respiration of sunflower seed and flaxseed which have appeared in the literature are compared to those of cottonseed and it was found that they all exhibited a similar level of respiratory intensity in the moisture range of 11-17%.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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