The control of bud dormancy in potato tubers. Measurement of the seasonal pattern of changing concentrations of zeatin-cytokinins |
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Authors: | C. G. N. Turnbull D. E. Hanke |
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Affiliation: | (1) Botany School, Downing Street, CB2 3EA Cambridge, UK;(2) Present address: Department of Botany, The University, G12 8QQ Glasgow, UK |
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Abstract: | A radioimmunoassay, combined with high-performance liquid chromatography, has been used to analyse the zeatin-type cytokinins of potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Majestic) tubers and tuber buds throughout growth and storage. During tuber growth, zeatin riboside was the predominant cytokinin detected in all tissues. Immediately after harvest, the total cytokinin concentration fell dramatically in the storage tissue, largely as a consequence of the disappearance of zeatin riboside. During storage, levels of cytokinins in the storage tissue remained relatively constant, but increased in the tuber buds. In the buds of tubers stored at 2°C there was a 20-to 50-fold increase in total cytokinin over six weeks, coinciding with the natural break of innate dormancy. At 10°C the rise in the level of bud cytokinins was slower, correlating with the longer duration of innate dormancy. Injecting unlabelled cytokinins into tubers in amounts known to induce sprouting gave rise to increases in cytokinin concentrations in the buds of the same order as the increase associated with the natural break of dormancy. Metabolism of injected cytokinins was greater in non-dormant than in dormant tubers. The roles of cytokinin concentration and the sensitivity of the buds to cytokinin in the control of dormancy are discussed.Abbreviations CK cytokinin - FW fresh weight - HPLC high-performance liquid chromatography - RIA radioimmunoassay - tio6ade 6-(4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-trans-2-enylamino)-purine=zeatin - tio6adeglc9 6-(4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-trans-2-enylamino)-9--D-glucopyranosyl purine=zeatin-9-glucoside - tio6ado 6-(4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-trans-2-enylamino)-9--D-ribofuranosyl purine=zeatin riboside - tio6ado-[3H]-diol a radioactive derivative of zeatin riboside, synthesised by periodate-oxidation followed by [3H]NaBH4-reduction - tio6AMP 6-(4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-trans-2-enylamino)-9--D-5-phosphoribofuranosyl purine=zeatin riboside 5-monophosphate - t(ioglc4)6ade 6-(4-O--D-glucopyranosyl-3-methylbut-trans-2-enylamino)-purine=zeatin-O-glucoside |
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Keywords: | Bud dormancy (innate) Cytokinin metabolism Solanum (bud dormancy) |
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