Original Articles
Richa Choudhary* and Sanjay Ku
Abstract
This paper reports the quantitative estimation of some metabolites and enzymes in insect induced leaf galls of Pongamia pinnata. The parameters assayed were total soluble sugar, reducing sugar, starch, alpha-amylase activity, total phenol, o-hydroxy phenol, polyphenol oxidase, peroxidase, ascorbic acid and ascorbic acid oxidase as compared to normal tissues. Quantitative estimation of some metabolites and enzymes showed distinct variations in leaf gall at different ages with their normal counterparts. Present study was thus undertaken on biochemical changes in leaf galls of Pongamia due to infection of Aceria pongamiae.