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Effects of exogenous cytokinins on flowering of the short-day plantChenopodium rubrum L.

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Biologia Plantarum

Abstract

Kinetin at a concentration from 3.10-6 M to 1.10-3 M was applied to the plumule ofChenopodium rubrum plants during photoperiodic induction. Different levels of induction were compared (one and three short days). The higher concentrations of kinetin applied to induced plants inhibited flower formation. The rate of leaf initiation was increased under these treatments. Lower concentrations of kinetin (from 3.10-6 M to 1.10-5 M) usually promoted lateral bud formation and flowering. The step-wise application of kinetin revealed that the inhibitory effect on flowering had been restricted to the inductive period.

The effects of kinetin, benzyladenine and trans-zeatin were compared in plants partially induced by two short days. High concentrations always inhibited flowering. Benzyladenine was the most effective in this respect.

Root removal diminished the inhibitory effects of cytokinins on flowering as was stated with benzyladenine.

It is assumed that endogenous cytokinins play a role in the regulation of organogenetic activity of the stem apical meristem. Depending on the photoperiodic conditions, they presumably exert their activity by maintaining the vegetative functions of the apex.

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Krektule, J., seidlová, F. Effects of exogenous cytokinins on flowering of the short-day plantChenopodium rubrum L.. Biol Plant 19, 142–149 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926754

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