Different endogenous cytokinins between male and female Mercurialis annua L.
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Planta
- Vol. 148 (2) , 124-129
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00386412
Abstract
The endogenous pool of cytokinin metabolites during sexual differentiation of Mercurialis annua L. was studied with a computerized gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry system. Certain metabolites were common to both sexes: ribosides (isopentenyl-adenosine, ribosylzeatin) and the nucleotide of I6-Ade. Zeatin could be detected only in females while its nucleotide was present in males. The results were obtained with differentiating apices and whole plants. The high Z concentration and the low level of its nucleotide are related to the absence of two dominant complementary genes, determining maleness. Study of the regulation of cytokinin metabolism now seems possible.Keywords
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