Abstract
The content of endogenous cytokinins has been analysed in leaf and inflorescence extracts of male and female R. acetosella plants, using gas chromatography. Plant parts were extracted at four stages of development: leaves of juvenile plants, leaves of adult plants at the time of flower initiation and in full bloom, and upper internodes of the inflorescence stalks. Cytokinins with characteristics similar to isopentenyl adenine and adenosin, zeatin, zeatin riboside, and a bound form of zeatin, were all found in the extracts. The total amount of cytokinins was higher in female than in male plants during all these stages.
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Jelić, G., Ćulafić, L., Kapor, S. et al. Endogenous cytokinins in the vegetative and reproductive phases of development in the dioecious plant Rumex acetosella L.. Plant Growth Regul 7, 53–58 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121690
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