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Fruit-set of unpollinated ovaries of Pisum sativum L.

Influence of vegetative parts

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The influence of removing the apical shoot and different leaves above and below the flower on the fruit-set of unpollinated pea ovaries (Pisum sativum L. cv. Alaska) has been studied. Unpollinated ovaries were induced to set and develop either by topping or by removing certain developing leaves of the shoot. Topping had a maximum effect when carried out before or on the day of anthesis, and up to four consecutive ovaries were induced to set in the same plant. The inhibition of fruit-set was due to the developing leaves and not to the apex. The third leaf above the first flower, which had a simultaneous development to the ovary, had the stronger inhibitory effect on parthenocarpic fruit-set. The application of different plant-growth regulators (indoleacetic acid, naphthylacetic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, gibberellic acid, benzyladenine and abscisic acid) did not mimic the negative effect of the shoot.

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Abbreviations

CCC:

(2-chloroethyl)trimethylammonium chloride

MH:

maleic hydrazide

IAA:

indole-3-acetic acid

NAA:

1-naphthaleneacetic acid

2,4-D:

2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

GA3 :

gibberellic acid

6-BAP:

benzyladenine

ABA:

abscisic acid

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  1. José L. García-Martínez

    Present address: Plant Growth Laboratory, University of California, Wickson Hall, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

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  1. C.S.I.C., Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, Jaime Roig 11, Valencia-10, Spain

    Juan Carbonell & José L. García-Martínez

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Carbonell, J., García-Martínez, J.L. Fruit-set of unpollinated ovaries of Pisum sativum L.. Planta 147, 444–450 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380186

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