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The chemically induced barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) mutation,agr, was found to be a simple recessive trait resulting in agravitropic roots and normal gravitropic shoots. The total seedling root growth was similar for mutant and wild-type roots, although the mutant had fewer roots per seed and greater elongation per root. Although the concentration of exogenous indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) required to reduce root growth by 50% (GR50) was 12 times greater for the agravitropic mutant, agravitropic and gravitropic roots were equally sensitive to exogenous applications of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and naphthalene acetic acid (NAA). Root IAA contents, determined by high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), were not different for gravitropes and agravitropes. The greater root elongation rates, lack of sensitivity to exogenous IAA, and normal endogenous IAA levels indicate that auxin-controlled growth regulation may be altered in the mutant.
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Tagliani, L., Nissen, S. & Blake, T.K. Comparison of growth, exogenous auxin sensitivity, and endogenous indole-3-acetic acid content in roots ofHordeum vulgare L. and an agravitropic mutant. Biochem Genet 24, 839–848 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00554523
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