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Cytokinins in a genic male sterile line of Brassica napus
Author(s) -
Shukla Amit,
Sawhney V. K.
Publication year - 1992
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.1399-3054.1992.tb05258.x
Subject(s) - brassica , cytokinin , biology , bioassay , sterility , botany , wild type , horticulture , auxin , mutant , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Endogenous cytokinin levels were analyzed in four different organs viz., root, stem, leaf and mature flower, of the wild type (cv. Westar) and a genic male sterile (GMS) line of Brassica napus . Various cytokinins viz., bases (Z, DZ), ribosides (ZR, DZR), glucosides (OGZ + OGZR, OGDZ + OGDZR) and nucleotides (ZNT, DZNT) were quantified using Amaranthus betacyanin bioassay and ELISA. The major cytokinin in all the organs was DZ. In general, leaves had the highest levels of cytokinins as compared to the other organs. Root, stem and mature flowers of the wild type plants had higher levels of cytokinins and their metabolites than the GMS line. However. levaves of the GMS line had greater amount of various cytokinins as compared to the wild type. The major cytokinin quantitatively different between the two lines was DZ. The results suggest the possible involvement of cytokinins in the expression of genic male sterility in Brassica napus .