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2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Relationship between seed structure and water absorption in adzuki bean ( Vigna angularis) and related species.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11660014
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 作物学
Research InstitutionHOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

YOSHIDA Koichi  Hokkaido Univ., Fac. of Agr., Asso. Prof., 農学部附属農場, 助教授 (90001479)

Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2000
KeywordsAdzuki bean / Mechanical impact / Raphe / Related species / Seed morphology / Strophiole / Vigna angularis / Water absorption
Research Abstract

(1) Of adzuki bean and related species tested, rice bean ( Vigna umbellata) and green gram ( V.radiata) absorbed water more quickly than adzuki bean, while black gram ( V.mungo) and Yabutsuru-adzuki ( V.angularis var. nipponensis) produced hard seeds of 33 to 56%. However, a site of initial water entry was confirmed in all species to be essentially strophiole, a very small bulge located near one end of hilum, from data of water absorption tests after sealing strophiole.
(2) From the results of water absorption test for adzuki bean seeds of 91 cultivars and lines including foreign materials, the initial water absorption rate varied widely (2-82% after 4h-soaking). Although these differences became small with time, the final water absorption rate (after 36h-soaking) of seeds was positively related to initial water content, seed weight, and maturity (r=0.456^<***>,0.368^<***>, and 0.598^<***>, respectively).
(3) Seed morphology of adzuki bean was periodically investigated using a common microscopic observation method. Strophiole reached 90% of its full size at 9 days after flowering. Beneath the palisade layer of completed strophiole were parenchyma cells containing lignin-like substances and a line (raphe) ran in the center of surface.
(4) Plants harvested at maturity were threshed by hand and by a small thresher with varied operating times. Then, seeds were tested for water absorption and observed for strophiole surface using a SEM.The stronger mechanical impact on seeds was the faster seeds absorbed water. The extent was consistent with the degree of raphe separation. These findings indicate that water absorption of adzuki bean could be controlled by the state of raphe.

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Published: 2002-03-26  

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