Somatic embryos were analyzed to determine the level of soluble sugars and insoluble starch at different developmental stage of carrot. Also the activities of the hydrolytic enzymes such as amylase, invertase and phosphatase were compared. As amylase ...
Somatic embryos were analyzed to determine the level of soluble sugars and insoluble starch at different developmental stage of carrot. Also the activities of the hydrolytic enzymes such as amylase, invertase and phosphatase were compared. As amylase activity was sharply increased, significant decline of starch was observed and an increase of soluble sugars occurred concurrently. Invertase activity was remained during the embryo development. In addition, phosphatase activity was variable and acid phosphatase showed higher activity than alkaline phosphatase.