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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1979, Vol. 20, No. 4 839-846
© 1979

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Inhibition of flowering in the long-day plant Lemna gibba G3 by Hutner's medium and its reversal by salicylic acid

Osamu Tanaka1,2, Charles F. Cleland1 and William S. Hillman3,4

1Smithsonian Institution Radiation Biology Laboratory 12441 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD 20852
3Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, N. Y. 11973, U. S. A.

4To whom requests for reprints may be sent

Flowering in the long-day plant Lemna gibba L., strain G3 is poor or absent in Hutner's medium even under continuous light, an effect generally ascribed to the ammonium content of the medium. However, flowering is also inhibited in ammonium-free modifications of Hutner's medium, particularly in the presence of sucrose, but is restored to high levels by the presence of 10 µu salicylic acid. These results link two of the least understood chemical effects in Lemnaceae flowering, and they provide a system in which large effects of salicylic acid can be readily obtained.

2Present address: Lab. of Applied Bot., Fac. of Agric, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto 606, Japan.

(Received January 27, 1979; )
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