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Interaction of light and the cholinergic system in the regulation of seed germination

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Biologia Plantarum

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The effect of choline, acetylcholine, carbamylcholine and of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, eserine and neostigmine, on the germination of seeds exhibiting different photosenitivities was studied in two light variants. Both in the darkness and in continuous white light the substances in question had no effect or only slightly modified germination of photoblastically neutral seeds. On the other hand, the above substances, particularly aeetylcholine and carbamylcholine, stimulated germination of photoblastically positive seeds, and inhibited germination of photoblastically negative seeds in continuous white light.

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  1. Institute of Biology, Department of General Botany, N. Copernicus University, Gagarina 9, Toruń, Poland

    A. Tretyn & J. Kopcewicz

  2. Institute of Botany, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Wroclaw, Kanonicza 6/9, Wroclaw, Poland

    E. Ślesak

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Tretyn, A., Kopcewicz, J. & Ślesak, E. Interaction of light and the cholinergic system in the regulation of seed germination. Biol Plant 30, 338–342 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02878186

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