Auxin Polarity in the Coleus Plant
- 1 December 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Botanical Gazette
- Vol. 115 (2), 147-154
- https://doi.org/10.1086/335808
Abstract
Transport of auxin in stems and roots of Coleus blumei Benth. was studied, using anew auxin assay technique, the pea root test. This test is sensitive to auxin concn. as low as 10-11 [image] indoleacetic acid, and involves a positive stimulation of root growth by auxin. Polar gradients exist in the Coleus plant, which run from a strict basipetal polarity in the vegetative stem apex to the opposite polarity in the root tip. Flowering stems do not have a strict basipetal polarity, but are capable of transporting auxin acropetally as well. Evidence is presented suggesting that a diffusible substance or substances in the flowering apex can cause the incomplete polarity characteristic of flowering stems. Phototropism expts. are reported which demonstrate the capacity of intact flowering stems to transport the phototropic stimulus upward (acropetally) and the inability of vegetative stems to do that.Keywords
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