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Cytokinins of the Developing Mango Fruit : Isolation, Identification, and Changes in Levels during Maturation |
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| Authors: | Chen W S |
| Affiliation: | Department of Botany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003. |
| Abstract: | The cytokinin activity has been isolated and identified from extracts of immature mango (Mangifera indica L.) seeds. The structures of zeatin, zeatin riboside, and N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl)adenine riboside were confirmed on the basis of their chromatographic behavior and mass spectra of trimethylsilyl derivatives. Both trans and cis isomers of zeatin and zeatin riboside were also identified by the retention times of high performance liquid chromatography. In addition, an unidentified compound appeared to be a cytokinin glucoside. The concentration of cytokinins in the panicle and pulp of mango reached a maximum 5 to 10 days after full bloom and decreased rapidly thereafter. The cytokinin level in the seed remained high until the 28th day after full bloom. The quantity of cytokinins in pulp per fruit increased from the 10th day after full bloom, the maximum being attained around the 50th day after full bloom. Similarly, the amount of cytokinins per seed increased from the 10th day after full bloom, reaching a peak on the 40th day and decreasing gradually thereafter. A high percentage of fruit set in mango was persistently maintained by supplying 6-benzylaminopurine (1.5 × 103 micromolar) onto the panicle at the anthesis stage and by supplying gibberellic acid (7.2 × 102 micromolar) and naphthalene acetamide (3.1 × 10 micromolar) at the young fruit stage. |
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