Formative effects of morphactin on the shoot apical meristem of flax (linum usitatissimum L.).
The effect of a morphactin -- CF1 -- (2-chloro-9-hydroxyfluorene-9-carbocylic acid-methyl ester) on the morphogenesis of shoot apical meristem was studied on L. usitatissimum L. at three levels of supply. CF1 at 10 and 100 parts/10(6) induced repeated gamophylly resembling a concentric cupulate structure. GA3 superimposed at two levels viz. 10 and 100 parts/10(6) did not reverse this effect. The effect of CF1 is dose-dependent and reversal to normal behaviour occurs when the effect of CF1 wears off.
D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena
D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D005449:Fluorenes