Flower Formation in Excised Tobacco Stem Segments: III. Deoxyribonucleic Acid Content in Stem Tissue of Vegetative and Flowering Tobacco Plants 1

AUTOR(ES)

Wardell, William L.

RESUMO

A method has been developed that extracts DNA from stem tissue of flowering tobacco plants, Nicotiana tabacum cv. Wis. 38. The DNA content of stem tissue from a flowering tobacco plant is correlated with its capacity to flower in vitro. Stem segments known to form 100% floral buds contain 10 times more DNA per gram fresh weight than segments that form 5% floral buds and 95% vegetative buds, and in the uppermost 28 centimeters of flowering tobacco plant stems the DNA content decreases roughly in parallel with the floral gradient.

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