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- Title
Effect of Gibberellic Acid on Flower Differentiation in Petkus Winter Rye.
- Authors
CASO, O. H.; HIGHKIN, H. R.; KOLLER, D.
- Abstract
IT is known that application of gibberellic acid causes flowering of many biennials (Hyoscyamus, Apium, Brassica, Daucus, etc.)1. In these cases gibberellic acid substitutes for cold (vernalization) treatment. Treatment of winter cereals (Petkus rye2, barley3, winter wheat4) with gibberellic acid, on the contrary, has been found to have no effect on the induction of normal flowers. Chaylakhian5 has reported that treatment of non-vernalized oats, variety Victory, with gibberellic acid, under short-day conditions, caused formation of an increased number of developed panicles. This was not the case under long-day conditions. Paleg and Aspinall3 have reported that treatment of barley with gibberellic acid for several weeks immediately following emergence results in the formation of abnormal spikes.
- Publication
Nature, 1960, Vol 185, Issue 4711, p477
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/185477b0