Effect of 2-chloroethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride on tuberization and endogenous GA3 in roots of potato cuttings
1995
Abdala, G. | Guinazu, M. | Tizio, R. | Pearce, D. | Pharis, R.P.
Cuttings of potato shoots treated with the plant growth retardant 2-chloroethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (CCC) form tubers earlier and have less biologically-active gibberellin (GA)-like substances in the roots than control cuttings. The major GA-like substance in roots of potato cuttings was identified as GA3 by gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The content of GA3 in roots of control cuttings, estimated by GC-MS-selected ion monitoring (SIM) using [17, 17-2H]GA3 as a quantitative internal standard, was 38.8 ng per g fresh weight (fw), and in roots of CCC-treated cuttings, in which tuberization was promoted, was 0.6 ng per g fw. Gibberellin A1, GA8 and GA20 were also indicated as minor components of roots from both control and CCC-treated cuttings. The comparatively high GA3 content in roots of control cuttings might be the 'root factor' responsible for delaying tuberization in potato.
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