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Modification of Sex Expression in Muskmelon by Treatment with the Growth Retardant B‐995
Author(s) -
Halevy A. H.,
Rudich Y.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1967.tb08392.x
Subject(s) - hermaphrodite , stamen , tendril , biology , plant reproductive morphology , gibberellin , horticulture , botany , cultivar , pollen
Abstract Treatment of an andromonoecious cultivar of muskmelon with N, N‐dimethylaminosuccinamic acid (B‐995) induced a shift towards femaleness. This tendency was expressed by a reduction in the number of staminate (male) flowers, an increase in the number of hermaphrodite flowers and a shift in flowering pattern resulting in the formation of hemaphrodite flowers at lower nodes. The treatment also caused a change in the habitus of the plants from the regular pole type to a dwarf type, which was manifested by a marked reduction in node length and the suppression of tendril formation. The mode of action of B‐995 on sex expression is discussed.

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