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The cytokinins kinetin and zeatin increased stomatal opening at 15°C in the dark by up to 50% in detached epidermis of the CAM plant Kalanchoe daigremontiana. Stomata opened maximally following incubation with 10 mmol m-3 cytokinin. This study extends the range of species in which exogenous cytokinins promote stomatal opening.
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Jewer, P.C., Incoll, L.D. Promotion of stomatal opening in detached epidermis of Kalanchoe daigremontiana Hamet et Perr. by natural and synthetic cytokinins. Planta 153, 317–318 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00384249
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