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GROWTH REGULATION BY ETHYLENE IN FERN GAMETOPHYTES. III. INHIBITION OF SPORE GERMINATION
Author(s) -
Edwards Maurice E.,
Miller John H.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1972.tb10117.x
Subject(s) - germination , spore , ethylene , spore germination , biology , sucrose , botany , gametophyte , horticulture , fern , light intensity , food science , biochemistry , pollen , catalysis , physics , optics
Spores of Onoclea sensibilis were investigated for inhibition of germination by ethylene. A curve of germination against ethylene concentration indicated a “threshold” type of response, but percentage of spore germination was not influenced either by the density of the inoculum or by the presence of 1 % sucrose in the culture medium. Ethylene totally inhibited dark germination, but in white light reversal of inhibition was possible in about 50% of the germinating spores. Time‐course studies revealed that in imbibed spores ethylene inhibited germination in the first 3 ± 1 hr of illumination. Dose‐response curves of light intensity vs. germination indicated that the response to light differed in the presence and absence of ethylene. Recovery from inhibition was possible once ethylene was allowed to escape, and the rate of recovery was accelerated by light.