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Luna V, Lorenzo E, Reinoso H, et al. Dormancy in Peach (Prunus persica L.) Flower Buds : I. Floral Morphogenesis and Endogenous Gibberellins at the End of the Dormancy Period. Plant Physiol. 1990;93(1):20-5doi: 10.1104/pp.93.1.20.
Luna, V., Lorenzo, E., Reinoso, H., Tordable, M. C., Abdala, G., Pharis, R. P., & Bottini, R. (1990). Dormancy in Peach (Prunus persica L.) Flower Buds : I. Floral Morphogenesis and Endogenous Gibberellins at the End of the Dormancy Period. Plant physiology, 93(1), 20-5. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.93.1.20
Luna, V, et al. "Dormancy in Peach (Prunus persica L.) Flower Buds : I. Floral Morphogenesis and Endogenous Gibberellins at the End of the Dormancy Period." Plant physiology vol. 93,1 (1990): 20-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.93.1.20
Luna V, Lorenzo E, Reinoso H, Tordable MC, Abdala G, Pharis RP, Bottini R. Dormancy in Peach (Prunus persica L.) Flower Buds : I. Floral Morphogenesis and Endogenous Gibberellins at the End of the Dormancy Period. Plant Physiol. 1990 May;93(1):20-5. doi: 10.1104/pp.93.1.20. PMID: 16667435; PMCID: PMC1062461.
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Plant Physiol. 1990 May;93(1):20-5. doi: 10.1104/pp.93.1.20.

Dormancy in Peach (Prunus persica L.) Flower Buds : I. Floral Morphogenesis and Endogenous Gibberellins at the End of the Dormancy Period.

Plant physiology

V Luna, E Lorenzo, H Reinoso, M C Tordable, G Abdala, R P Pharis, R Bottini

Affiliations

  1. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, 5800-Rio Cuarto, Argentina.

PMID: 16667435 PMCID: PMC1062461 DOI: 10.1104/pp.93.1.20

Abstract

Flower buds of peach (Prunus persica L.) trees, cv Novedad de Cordoba (Argentina), were collected near the end of the dormant period and immediately before anthesis. After removal of scale leaves, morphological observations of representative buds, made on transverse and longitudinal microtome sections, showed that all verticils making up the flower are present in an undifferentiated form during the dormant period (June). Flower buds collected at the end of dormant period (August) showed additional growth and differentiation, at which time formation of two ovules was beginning in the unicarpelar gynoecium. Dehiscence of anthers had not yet occurred 10 days before full bloom, and the ovules were still developing. Free endogenous gibberellin (GA)-like substances were quantified by bioassay (Tan-ginbozu dwarf rice microdrop) after SiO(2) partition column chromatography, reversed phase C18-high performance liquid chromatography, and finally Nucleosil [N(CH(3))(2)]high performance liquid chromatography. Bioactive fractions were then subjected to capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-selected ion monitoring (GC-MS-SIM). Gibberellins A(1), A(3), and A(8) were tentatively identified in peach flower buds using GC-SIM and Kovat's retention indices, and relative amounts approximated by GC-SIM (2:8:6 for GA(1), GA(3), and GA(8), respectively). The highest concentration (330 nanograms per gram dry weight) of free GA(1)/GA(3) was found in dormant buds (June) and diminished thereafter. The concentration free of GA(1)/GA(3) did not increase immediately prior to bud break. However, high GA(1)/GA(3) concentrations occurred during stages where rate of growth and cellular differentiation of (mainly fertile) verticils can be influenced.

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