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Plant Growth Regulation

, Volume 53, Issue 3, pp 215–223 | Cite as

Hormonal regulation of tiller dynamics in differentially-tillering rice cultivars

  • Ekamber Kariali
  • Pravat Kumar Mohapatra
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Abstract

Tiller number can contribute significantly to yield potential of rice, but little knowledge is available on hormonal regulation of tillering and tiller dynamics. In the present study, Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), kinetin (6-furfuryl amino purine) and Gibberellic acid (GA3) treatments have been applied at the early tillering stage to two rice cultivars that contrast for tiller number. The responses of the hormones were studied on growth, development, grain yield, senescence patterns, assimilate concentration of the panicle and ethylene production in different classes of tillers. The leaf area, panicle grain number, fertility percentage and grain yield of tillers were higher in the low-tillering cultivar than that of high-tillering cultivar; the treatment of kinetin was more effective in the latter than in the former. High ethylene production was responsible for reduction of growth duration and grain yield of the tillers. Kinetin application reduced ethylene production of the late-tillers significantly for the benefit of grain yield.

Keywords

Rice Assimilates Ethylene Kinetin IAA GA3 
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Acknowledgement

The authors thank the University Grants Commission, New Delhi for financial assistance under the DRS programme.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Life SciencesSambalpur UniversitySambalpurIndia

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