Claim · model-written summary
Zeatin produced fruitlets with a pronounced crown around the calyx.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticae1 - Treatment
- zeatine0
- Outcome
- fruitlets with a pronounced crown around the calyxe0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Application of either zeatin or 6‐benzylamino‐9‐(tetrahydropyran‐ 2‐yl)purine (SD 8339) to flowers of three apple varieties resulted in the formation of fruitlets with a pronounced crown around the calyx.”
e1“three apple varieties”
Title
Regulators of cell division in plant tissues
D. S. Letham New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 1969. doi:10.1080/00288233.1969.10427073
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect SD 8339 produced fruitlets with a pronounced crown around the calyx.
- Intervention effect Cytokinin applications suppressed fruit elongation in Cox's Orange Pippin.
- Intervention effect Cytokinin applications diminished depth of the calyx depression in Cox's Orange Pippin.
- Intervention effect Cytokinin applications increased fruit density in Cox's Orange Pippin.
- Intervention effect Cytokinin applications markedly reduced cell size in Cox's Orange Pippin.
- Intervention effect SD 8339 increased mean individual fruit weight in Jonathan.
- Intervention effect SD 8339 promoted lobe development in Jonathan.
- Intervention effect N ‐(Purin‐6‐yl)‐α‐phenylglycine did not cause the reported fruit effects.
- Intervention effect SD 8339 promoted fruit elongation in Splendour.
- Intervention effect SD 8339 promoted lobe development in Splendour.
- Intervention effect SD 8339 development some seedless fruit in Splendour.
- Intervention effect Listed cell division stimulants had no marked effect on mature fruit cell size in Sturmer.