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Increased activity of ornithine decarboxylase in tomato ovaries induced by auxin
Author(s) -
Mizrahi Yosef,
Heimer Yair M.
Publication year - 1982
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.1399-3054.1982.tb00272.x
Subject(s) - ornithine decarboxylase , auxin , pollination , ornithine , fruit set , biology , biochemistry , botany , enzyme , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , amino acid , gene , pollen , arginine
Auxin, which mimics natural pollination in tomato flowers, induces fruit setting as well as a 3‐fold increase in ornithine decarboxylase activity. In pollinated ovaries ornithine decarboxylase activity increased 4.7 fold. The possible connection between pollination, auxin treatment, fruit set, cell division and ornithine decarboxylase activity are discussed.