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THE EFFECT OF ORGANIC NITRATES IN PHYTOCHROME‐CONTROLLED GERMINATION OF Paulownia tomentosa SEEDS
Author(s) -
Grubišić D.,
Giba Z.,
Konjević R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1992.tb02213.x
Subject(s) - isosorbide dinitrate , paulownia , phytochrome , chemistry , isosorbide , red light , pulse (music) , glycerol , germination , horticulture , botany , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , medicine , anesthesia , optics , physics , detector
Abstract— The long light irradiation requirement in Paulownia tomentosa (empress tree) seeds can be substituted by organic nitrates such as nitroglycerine, isosorbide di‐ and mononitrate, and pentaerythri‐tyl tetranitrate and a pulse of red light (5 min). The most effective was nitroglycerine (0.1 mM). Its effect depended on the time of application, i.e . a simultaneous presence of P fr and these compounds was required. The effect decreased with delayed time of application after red light pulse. In seeds imbibed in nitroglycerine, an escape from far‐red light reversible action was similar to that obtained for seeds which can be induced to germinate by a brief exposure to red light. However, the application of nitroglycerine to seeds after a far‐red light pulse was ineffective. The effectiveness of organic nitrates also depended on the number of nitro groups in the compound. Isosorbide mononitrate was less effective than isosorbide dinitrate. Substances with structures similar to nitroglycerine, such as glycerol and glyceryl triacetate, in combination with the pulse of red light, failed to reduce the long light requirement.