21. Effect of Ascorbic acid on the wilting and resistance of Capsicum annum L. Plant
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Abstract
The change occurred in pepper plant are able to reversed from permanent welting in entire red pepper (Capsicum annum) followed by a very harsh salt stress of root exposure to 200 mM solution of Sodium chloride. It was noticed that a seed or seedling present in saline soil was wilted very quickly, but if replaced to non-saline soil within 6 hours then seed start recovery however if the duration is increase and it reaches to 9 hour, then the salt stress make it plastic i-e remained wilt and died but the submission of antioxidant (0.5mM ascorbic acid) to the medium of root during at the time when the plant is in salt stress condition, it recover the stress almost 50% of wilted seedling others solution which containing organic solution they does not effective like antioxidants (vitamin C), The salt severely damage the root, stem and leaves by accumulation in them.
Keywords: Red paper; Sodium chloride; Antioxidants