alfalfa root
4.When alfalfa were treated with aqueous extract from P. multisectum, the respiratory rate, activities of amylase and proteinase during seed germination and germination rate, root length, shoot height and fresh weight of seedlings were inhibited and this inhibition become stronger as the concentration of aqueous extract increased.
7.With the increase of concentration of aqueous extract from Peganum multisectum increased, root vigor, the contents of chlorophyll, soluble protein and nucleic acid in roots and shoots of alfalfa seedlings decreased, while the activities of protease and nuclease, the contents of O2(superscript -), H2O2 and malondiadehyde(MDA) increased, the activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD), catalase(CAT) and peroxidase(POD) first increased and then decreased.

