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    • Induced mutation to monocotyledony in periwinkle,Catharanthus roseus, and suppression of mutant phenotype by kinetin

      Shashi Pandey Rai Sushil Kumar

      Volume 79 Issue 3 December 2000 pp 97-104

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    • Keywords

       

      recessive mutation; monocotyledonous embryo; cytokinin; Catharanthus roseus; Mendelian inheritance

    • Abstract

       

      A recessive EMS-induced mutation inherited in Mendelian fashion caused monocotyledonous embryo formation and seed germination on high salt medium inCatharanthus roseus. Availability during embryo development of exogenously supplied cytokinin kinetin suppressed the mutant phenotype. These observations suggest that, inC. roseus, (i) insufficiency in endogenous kinetin may lead to monocotyledonous embryo patterning and (ii) dicotyledonous embryo formation requires a critical amount of kinetin in certain cells of early embryos.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Shashi Pandey Rai1 Sushil Kumar

      1. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow - 226 015, India

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      Published
      December 2000
      Manuscript received
      24 November 2000

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