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Role of ethylene in activation of cell division in quiescent center of excised maize roots

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In the present work, two maize cultivars in which root meristem responded differently to root tip excision were used: in Interkras-375 MW, meristem opening was observed due to the activation of cell divisions in the quiescent center (QC); in Krasnodar-194 MW, the meristem remained closed. Excised root tips of Interkras MB-375 were shown to produce much more ethylene than excised root tips of Krasnodar-194 MW. The inhibitor of ethylene biosynthesis L-α-(2-amino-ethoxyvinyl)glycine-HCl (AVG) and inhibitors of ethylene action AgNO3 and 1-methyl-cyclopropene (MCP) prevented meristem opening in excised root tips of Intekras-375 MW. The obtained results allow us to conclude that ethylene plays an important role in the activation of cell divisions in the QC of excised root tips.

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  1. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Botanicheskaya 35, Moscow, 127276, Russia

    E. I. Bystrova, N. V. Zhukovskaya, V. J. Rakitin & V. B. Ivanov

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Original Russian Text © E.I. Bystrova, N.V. Zhukovskaya, V.J. Rakitin, V.B. Ivanov, 2015, published in Ontogenez, 2015, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 82–86.

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Bystrova, E.I., Zhukovskaya, N.V., Rakitin, V.J. et al. Role of ethylene in activation of cell division in quiescent center of excised maize roots. Russ J Dev Biol 46, 60–64 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062360415020034

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