Open AccessLeaf Tissue Senescence
Author(s) -
Peter J. Manos,
Jonathan Goldthwaite
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.55.6.951
Subject(s) - senescence , gibberellic acid , zeatin , biology , chlorophyll , botany , gibberellin , horticulture , cytokinin , germination , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , auxin , gene
During winter, excised leaf tissue from Rumex obtusifolius degrades chlorophyll at twice the summer rate but the plant hormones, gibberellic acid and zeatin, inhibit the senescence rate by a constant percentage, regardless of season.
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