Annals of Botany 39: 325-330, 1975
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RESEARCH-ARTICLE |
Effects of Gibberellic Acid on the Transport of Nitrogen from the Cotyledons of Young Pea Seedlings
Cátedra de Fisiologia Vegetal, E.T.S.I.A. Valencia and Cátedra de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Valencia, Spain
1 Permanent address: I.N.I.A., Centro de Levante, Burjasot, Valencia, Spain.
Received: 29 April 1974
Gibberellic acid increased shoot length in tall and dwarf pea seedlings, but whilst in the former it had no effect on the rate of breakdown of reserve proteins nor on the transport of nitrogen to the axis and its final distribution between the shoot and the root, it promoted these processes in the dwarf pea. The results are discussed in relation to the overall control of the mobilization of reserves in the cotyledons during germination.