Some characteristics of ethylene production in peach (Prunus persica L.) seeds
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Planta
- Vol. 132 (1) , 13-17
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00390325
Abstract
The seed of peach fruits develop the capacity to produce ethylene with a lag phase of about 1 h after excision. The site of ethylene synthesis is in the seed coat and rates as high as 6,000 μl kg−1 h−1 were recorded. Ethylene production was reduced to less than 1% of the control by 10 μg/ml cycloheximide. Although the tissue had only a small methionine pool, supplying the seed with exogenous methionine did not influence ethylene production at any stage of seed development. Label from [U-14C]methionine was readily incorporated into ethylene.Keywords
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