Benzyladenine-Induced Increase in DNA Content per Cell, Chloroplast Size, and Chloroplast Number per Cell in Intact Bean Leaves
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Experimental Botany
- Vol. 30 (6) , 1145-1151
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/30.6.1145
Abstract
Primary leaves of intact bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) were treated with benzyladenine (BA) at different stages of their growth. BA induced a marked increase in DNA content per cell in growing leaves where no cell division occurred. BA stimulated the chloroplast replication compared with untreated leaves. After the replication period, chloroplast size continued to increase in BA- treated leaves, but not in untreated controls.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: