Morphological and Physiological Differences between the Cotyledons of Intact and Debudded Cotton Plants
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Botanical Gazette
- Vol. 139 (2) , 207-210
- https://doi.org/10.1086/336989
Abstract
Several morphological features and physiological responses in cotton cotyledons were changed by removing the apical and axillary buds. Compared with cotyledons of intact plants, the cotyledons of debudded plants were larger in area and fresh weight, contained more chlorophyll per unit area, and showed a higher rate of respiration. The prominent changes caused by debudding were a significant increase in the life span of the cotyledon and a different pattern of aging and death.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Cotyledon Photosynthesis During Seedling Growth of Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L.American Journal of Botany, 1977