Some morphologic and physiologic responses of tomato plants to hydrogen sulphide

ABSTRACT

Fifty and Hundred ppm of H2 were supplied to tomato plants growing under field conditions. The results indicated that all growth parameters studied decreased. The reduction became greater when concentration and/or number of treatments increased. H2S induced significant inhibitory effects on photosynthetic activities, accumulation of soluble sugars, biosynthesis of polysaccharides and most of the soluble nitrogen. H2S greatly reduced the activities of peroxidase nitrate reductase and glutamate dehydrogenase enzymes. H2S also showed effects on different amino acid levels