| Literature DB >> 16658898 |
A T Tse1, A Ramina, W P Hackett, R M Sachs.
Abstract
Removal of young leaves and application of the cytokinin, N-benzyla-alpha-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2yl)-adenine promote inflorescence development in Bougainvillea "San Diego Red". Defoliation greatly increased the amount of assimilate accumulated at the shoot tip 1 to 2 days after treatment. Cytokinin applications further increased the amount accumulated and this increase was apparent 4 days before morphological changes could be detected at the inflorescence axes. Short days promoted inflorescence development and also increased assimilate accumulation at the reproductive axes; thus, it is suggested that the role of short day induction in bougainvillea may be that of redirecting the flow of assimilates, perhaps by its influence on cytokinin synthesis and distribution.Entities:
Year: 1974 PMID： 16658898 PMCID： PMC367421 DOI： 10.1104/pp.54.3.404
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN： 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340