A distinction between the actions of abscisic acid, gibberellic acid and cytokinins in light-sensitive lettuce seed

✍ Scribed by J. Derek Bewley; David W. Fountain

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 205 KB
• Volume: 102
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0032-0935
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00386622

✦ Synopsis

Using isolated lettuce seed embryos it can be shown that the inhibitory effect of abseisic acid upon germination is reversed solely by cy~okinin. In the intact seed, however, gibberellic acid is also required for this reversal to be manifested in germination.