Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF CHRONIC GAMMA IRRADIATION ON APICAL DOMINANCE OF TREES
Author(s) -
Karl Sax,
L.A. Schairer
Publication year - 1964
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4144815
Subject(s) - gamma irradiation , apical dominance , dominance (genetics) , irradiation , horticulture , biology , chemistry , botany , radiochemistry , physics , biochemistry , shoot , nuclear physics , gene
Cherry and apple trees subjected to low doses of gamma irradiation (average of 16 and 34 r/day) for 10 years produced atypical branch development and reversal of dominance which could be attributed to the decrease or inactivation of auxin resulting from the irradiation. (auth