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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1986, Vol. 27, No. 6 1063-1068
© 1986

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Ferricyanide Induces Flowering by Suppression of Nitrate Assimilation in Lemna paucicostata 6746

Osamu Tanaka and Kazuhiro Asagami

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Konan University Kobe 658, Japan

Lemna paucicostata 6746, a short-day plant, produced flower buds even under continuous light when cultured for 3 days in ferricyanide containing ammonium-free medium followed by culture on nitrogen-rich medium (either nitrate or ammonium). Daily treatment with ferricyanide in the absence of ammonium for more than 8 hours, which completely inhibited nitrate reductase activity within 6 hours after the addition to the medium, induced daylength-independent flowering even when the ammonium-rich medium was given during the remaining hours. The presence of ammonium for 1 hour at the middle of the 14-h ferricyanide treatment almost completely suppressed floral induction.

(Received March 6, 1986; Accepted June 3, 1986)
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