Brassinosteroids Induce Strong, Dose-Dependent Inhibition of Etiolated Pea Seedling Growth Correlated with Ethylene Production
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Effects of Brassinosteroids on Growth of Etiolated Pea Seedlings
2.2. Inhibitory Effects of Other Plant Growth Regulators on Epicotyl Growth
2.3. Effects of BRs and Other Phytohormones on Ethylene Production in Etiolated Pea Seedlings
2.4. Effect of ACC Treatment on Epicotyl Growth and Ethylene Production in Etiolated Pea Plants
2.5. Determination of ACC, a Direct Biosynthetic Precursor of Ethylene in Plants Treated with BRs in Time
2.6. Development of a New Bioassay
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. General Information
3.2. Pea Seedling Cultivation
3.3. Determination of Ethylene Production
3.4. ACC determination
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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IC50 | Concentration [mol/L] |
---|---|
BL | 2.2 × 10−5 |
24-epiBL | 1.86 × 10−5 |
tZR | 2.99 × 10−2 |
IAA | 1.78 ×10−3 |
TDZ | 2.59 × 10−2 |
GA3 | no inhibition |
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Jiroutová, P.; Mikulík, J.; Novák, O.; Strnad, M.; Oklestkova, J. Brassinosteroids Induce Strong, Dose-Dependent Inhibition of Etiolated Pea Seedling Growth Correlated with Ethylene Production. Biomolecules 2019, 9, 849. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9120849
Jiroutová P, Mikulík J, Novák O, Strnad M, Oklestkova J. Brassinosteroids Induce Strong, Dose-Dependent Inhibition of Etiolated Pea Seedling Growth Correlated with Ethylene Production. Biomolecules. 2019; 9(12):849. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9120849
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiroutová, Petra, Jaromír Mikulík, Ondřej Novák, Miroslav Strnad, and Jana Oklestkova. 2019. "Brassinosteroids Induce Strong, Dose-Dependent Inhibition of Etiolated Pea Seedling Growth Correlated with Ethylene Production" Biomolecules 9, no. 12: 849. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9120849