EFFECT OF CALCIUM NUTRITION ON ETHYLENE-INDUCED ABSCISSION
EFFECT OF CALCIUM NUTRITION ON ETHYLENE-INDUCED ABSCISSION
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.54.5.788
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
QUEBEDEAUX, B
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作者:
BEYER, EM;QUEBEDEAUX, B
The influence of calcium nutrition on ethylene-induced abscission was studied by growing cotton (Gossypium hirsutumL. cv. Stoneville 213) and bean (Phaseolus vulgarisL. cv. Resistant Black Valentine) plants for several weeks in nutrient solutions containing 2, 10 (normal level), 15, or 20 meq/l of calcium, and then treating the plants with ethylene. Increasing the calcium level of cotton from 2 to 20 meq/l resulted in a 9-fold increase in the calcium content of the abscission zone and a maximum reduction of 25% in the amount of leaf abscission induced by ethylene (9 μl/l). Bean plants grown on 10, 15, or 20 meq/l calcium solutions showed corresponding increases in the calcium content of the abscission zone but showed no significant differences in the rate of ethyleneinduced abscission. Only at the lowest calcium level of 2 meq/l, where deficiency symptoms became apparent, was a significant effect observed. These results suggest that under normal cultural practices calcium nutrition has little influence on the rate of ethylene-induced abscission.