Study of Pollen Biomolecules in Seven Species of Solanum L.
Abstract
The aim of this research work is to analyse the biomolecules of pollen
present in seven different species of Solanum L. i.e., S. erianthum, S.
indicum, S. macranthum, S. melongena, S. sisymbriifolium, S. torvum and
S. xanthocarpum. The pollen grains were collected from plants growing in
Santiniketan, Sriniketan, Prantik and Bolpur of Birbhum district. The
flowering season, anthesis time, pollen morphology, pollen protein
profile were studied and total carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, amino
acids, DNA were estimated using standard methods. The flowering season
and anthesis time vary among the studied species. The size of pollen
grains varies between 17 x 16 µm to 68 x 72 µm. The total content of
carbohydrates, lipids and proteins were highest in S. xanthocarpum
whereas total free amino acid and DNA was highest in S. erianthum. The
S. macranthum reported lowest amount of total lipids, proteins and free
amino acids among all. The proline present in all species ranging
0.59-3.00 mg/g, an essential amino acid for pollen germination. The SDS-
PAGE of pollen protein revealed 44 major polypeptide bands of different
molecular weight ranging from 19 kDa to 135 kDa and variation in
polypeptide bands observed from 7 to 13. A dendrogram was drawn based on
morphology and biomolecules of pollen found that S. macranthum, showed
less similarity with other species and it placed alone in a separate
cluster.