Changes in cytokinin activity during flower development inCosmos sulphureusCav

✍ Scribed by Shyamali Saha; P. K. Nagar; P. K. Sircar

• Book ID: 104630848
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 382 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-6903
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00123543

✦ Synopsis

Endogenous cytokinin activity was determined in the flowers of Cosmos sulphureus Cav. from bud emergence to full bloom using the soybean callus bioassay. Cytokinin activity was low early in flower development but increased prior to full bloom. In Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography of flower extracts, the cytokinins present co-eluted with zeatin, zeatin riboside and glucoside cytokinin. While the former two predominated prior to full bloom, cytokinin glucoside activity appeared to be at a maximum at full bloom. The possible relevance of these findings is discussed in relation to flower development.