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The effect of kinetin on the photosynthetic apparatus of Sinapis alba

Aloysius WildR. Zerbe

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Cytochrome fChlorophyll bChlorophyll aSinapisPlant physiologyCell BiologyPlant ScienceGeneral MedicineBiologyPhotosynthesisbiology.organism_classificationBiochemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryChlorophyllBotanyKinetin

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The influence of kinetin during the development of primary leaves of Sinapis alba was investigated. Kinetin treatment (6 ppm) induced an increase of dry weight, of soluble reducing sugars, soluble protein, chlorophylls, carotenoids and cytochrome f; a higher ratio of chlorophyll a to chlorophyll b, higher rates of CO2 fixation per fresh weight and higher activity of nitrite reductase, were also found. These effects are comparable with strong and blue light adaptations. On the other hand, the Hill activity with ferricyanide as the electron acceptor, the rates of CO2 fixation per chlorophyll, the ratios of chlorophyll to cytochrome f and of protein to chlorophyll did not change. Therefore we assume that the kinetin induced and the light induced adaptations are brought about by different causal reaction chains.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1980-01-31Photosynthesis Research
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00020075