The effect of quercetine on leaf abscission of apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh.), growth of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) and pea (Pisum sativum L.), and ethylene production

H. Fišerová, J. Šebánek, J. Hradilík and S. Procházka
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H. Fišerová: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic
J. Šebánek: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic
J. Hradilík: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic
S. Procházka: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2006, vol. 52, issue 12, 559-563

Abstract: This study compares effects of 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA) and flavonoid quercetine (Q). In spite of the fact that both these compounds are inhibitors of the polar transport of auxin, a number of experiments demonstrated that their properties are different. If the flax seedlings were decapitated and one cotyledon was removed, the axillary bud of the remaining cotyledon grew up more intensively while TIBA (0.5% applied in the form of a lanolin paste on the remaining cotyledon) induced a correlative reversal so that axillars of removed cotyledons grew up more intensively. However, when Q (0.5%) was applied on the remaining cotyledon in the form of a lanolin paste, this inhibition was not significant. In the lamina-deprived petioles of apple trees TIBA accelerated abscission while Q caused an inhibiting effect similar to that of auxin. TIBA applied on epicotyls of pea seedlings inhibited their growth by 35% while Q only by 15%. As far as the release of ethylene by pea seedlings is concerned, both compounds showed promoting effects similar to the effect of auxin.

Keywords: IAA; TIBA; Ligustrum ovalifolium; Malus domestica; growth correlations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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