Abstract
Phloridzin level and phloridzin β-glucosidase activity were estimated during apple seed cold stratification and during the culture of apple embryos isolated from seeds after different times of stratification. Both these factors were found to increase parallel to the progress of stratification as well as to the increasing ability of seeds/embryos to germinate. However, in the seed coats phloridzin dissappears during the progress of stratification despite the increasing β-glucosidase activity. Phloridzin formation in the embryos is postulated to be under light and gibberellin control, when isolated embryos germinate, and under temperature and gibberellin influence during the cold stratification of the seeds. The same factors control β-glucosidase activity development, which is also stimulated by the substrate itself. It is postulated that phloridzin accumulation and its glucosidase activity are indirectly related to the after-ripening process and directly to the germination of the embryos.
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