Research on mechanism of hydration-dehydration treatment to reduce electrolyte leakage of tomato seeds

Effect of hydration-dehydration treatment to reduce electrolyte leakage created in the hydration stage. When the hydration time increased, leakage of electrolyte was reduced, but activity of SOD, CAT was enhanced. The reduction of electrolyte leakage and enhance of SOD, CAT activity wer enot inhibited by the synthetic inhibitors of mRNA and protein, the fact proved that the effects of hydratio treatment to reduce electrolyte leakage and to enhance SOD, CAT activity were not related to mRNA and protein synthesis. After hydration or hydration-dehydration treatment, significant reduction of activity of ferricyanide reduced demonstrated that the physiological and biochemical state of membrane were changed by the hydration or hydration-dehydration treatment.