EFFECT OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE ON CHESTNUT.

Chestnuts treated with calcium chloride (CaCl2), which were stored in sand, survived after 80-days dormancy stage. Calcium chloride stablilized the membrane, but it accelerated the decay of the chestnut. The main reason for the decay was that the stress of low oxygen content induced the production of active oxygen species, eg., H2O2 by analyzing the physiological indexes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), malondialdehyde, vitamin C (Vc), damage rate and decay rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]