Growth Regulators Have Rapid Effects on Photosynthate Unloading from Seed Coats of Phaseolus vulgaris L

P E Clifford; C E Offler; J W Patrick

doi:10.1104/pp.80.3.635

Growth Regulators Have Rapid Effects on Photosynthate Unloading from Seed Coats of Phaseolus vulgaris L

Plant Physiol. 1986 Mar;80(3):635-7. doi: 10.1104/pp.80.3.635.

Authors

P E Clifford¹, C E Offler, J W Patrick

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, 2308, Australia.

Abstract

Of nine plant growth regulators (indoleacetic acid, 1-naphthalene acetic acid, gibberellic acid, giberellin 4/7, 6-benzylaminopurine, 6-furfurylaminopurine, abscisic acid, and 1-aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid) tested, only 6-benzylaminopurine and abscisic acid affected (14)C-photosynthate unloading from excised seed coats of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Unloading, in the presence of KCl, was stimulated by 25 to 40%. Stimulation occurred immediately for 6-benzylaminopurine and for abscisic acid within 10 to 12 minutes of application.