Bud Sprouting and Growth of Purple Nutsedge Altered by Benzyladenine

Weed Science ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris K. H. Teo ◽  
Leo E. Bendixen ◽  
Roy K. Nishimoto

Varying concentrations of benzyladenine (BA), indoleacetic acid (IAA), gibberellic acid (GA), abscisic acid (ABA), and 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid (ethephon) were used to induce sprouting of dormant purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundusL.) tubers. BA at 50 to 300 ppm stimulated sprouting. The continuous presence of BA during the sprouting period was necessary to give significant sprout stimulation. Neither IAA at 1, 10, or 100 ppm; GA at 10, 100, or 1000 ppm; nor ethephon at 10, 100, or 1000 ppm had stimulatory effects on sprouting. ABA counteracted the stimulatory effects of BA when tubers were treated with ABA following BA treatment. Sprouting was markedly greater at 33 C day, 25 C night than at 24 C day, 17 C night. Growth of plants originating from tubers pretreated with 100 ppm BA did not differ significantly from the controls. Sustained BA applications at 100 and 200 ppm produced numerous plants with tuft-type growth habit, delayed flowering, and reduced the number of inflorescences. Numerous short, diageotropic rhizomes were produced.

Weed Science ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritchie S. Chetram ◽  
Leo E. Bendixen

Benzyladenine (BA), kinetin, and gibberellic acid (GA) at concentrations of 6 × 10−4and 4 × 10−3M, respectively, were used to induce formation of basal bulbs above ground in rhizomes of purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundusL.). BA plus GA induced a tropistic response in all of the rhizomes and only above ground bulbs were produced, while kinetin plus GA induced a tropistic response and bulbs formed above and below the soil surface. Control plants as well as those treated with GA, kinetin, or BA produced underground bulbs and rhizomes but no bulbs above ground. Height of above ground secondary bulbs induced by kinetin plus GA was significantly greater than those induced by BA plus GA. Transformation of primary rhizomes to shoots in the control plants did not differ significantly from transformation of those originating from plants of the various treatments. Height of primary plants of all treatments differed significantly from the controls.


1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Menahem Yogev ◽  
Baruch Rubin ◽  
Moshe Negbi

Spraying benzyladenine and gibberellic acid over sprouting shoots of Cyperus rotundus L. did not adversely affect their aboveground development. However, the underground shoots (rhizomes) modified their potentially positive gravitropic growth response into a negative one, to become aboveground shoots. Under such conditions, virtually no tubers, the dominant propagating and perennating units of C. rotundus, were formed. Field experiments, where growth regulator treatments were followed by application of reduced rates of herbicide, open new possibilities to facilitate the control of this noxious weed.


Weed Science ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. O. Jangaard ◽  
M. M. Sckerl ◽  
R. H. Schieferstein

The phenolic content of purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.) and yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.) was determined. The major phenolic components were p-coumaric, ferulic, p-hydroxybenzoic, syringic, vanillic, salicylic, proto-catechuic, and caffeic acids, and eugenol. High concentrations of eugenol and salicylic acid inhibited the sprouting of nutsedge tubers. The lack of activity at lower concentrations argues against a major role for these compounds in maintaining nutsedge tuber dormancy. Exogenous abscisic acid inhibited nutsedge tuber sprouting and may be a natural dormancy factor in nutsedge.


Weed Science ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 701-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Burr ◽  
G. F. Warren

Several herbicides were tested in the greenhouse on ivyleaf morningglory (Ipomoea hederacea(L.) Jacq.), green foxtail (Setaria viridis(L.) Beauv.), purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundusL.), and quackgrass (Agropyron repens(L.) Beauv.) to determine the degree of enhancement in activity that could be obtained with an isoparaffinic oil carrier applied at 140 L/ha. The enhancement varied with the herbicide and with the species, ranging from 16-fold enhancement with 2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine (atrazine) and 2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol (dinoseb) on ivyleaf morningglory to no enhancement of atrazine activity on purple nutsedge and quackgrass or (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid (2,4-D) activity on quackgrass and ivyleaf morningglory. An oil adjuvant was less effective in enhancing dinoseb and 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-methoxy-1-methylurea (linuron) activity than was the isoparaffinic oil carrier. Also, the isoparaffinic oil carrier emulsified in water was less effective than the undiluted oil in enhancing dinoseb activity on green foxtail, even though equal volumes of the isoparaffinic oil were applied.


1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 1245-1249 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. S. Kott ◽  
K. J. Kasha

Somatic embryogenesis was induced in callus previously initiated from immature embryos of barley. These cultures ranged in age from 6 weeks to 30 months. Embryoids were readily initiated from homogenized suspension-grown aggregates when plated on modified B5 media with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Low concentrations (0.1 and 0.05 mg∙L−1) of abscisic acid promoted further maturation of embryoids, while gibberellic acid (1 mg∙L−1) and kinetin (0.1 mg∙L−1) were used in the media to encourage embryoid germination. The development of somatic embryoids from initiation through maturation and germination is described.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (24) ◽  
pp. 3041-3050 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. A. Little

In experiments with attached and detached shoots of balsam fir, Abies balsamea L., synthetic (±)abscisic acid (ABA) (1) reduced photosynthesis and transpiration by inducing stomatal closure, (2) inhibited indoleacetic acid (IAA) - induced cambial activity in photosynthesizing and non-photosynthesizing shoots, and (3) inhibited the basipetal movement of [14C]IAA. Neither gibberellic acid nor kinetin counteracted the inhibitory effect of (±)ABA on IAA-induced cambial activity. In addition it was demonstrated that increasing the internal water stress increased the level of endogenous ABA in the phloem–cambial region of bark peelings and decreased the basipetal movement of [14C]IAA through branch sections. On the basis of these findings it is proposed that internal water stress inhibits cambial activity, partly through increasing the level of ABA; the ABA acts to decrease the provision of carbohydrates and auxin that are required for cambial growth.


2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUGAH B. KADIR ◽  
R. CHARUDATTAN ◽  
WILLIAM M. STALL ◽  
BARRY J. BRECKE

1970 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sridhar Gutam ◽  
Virendra Nath ◽  
GC Srivastava

A pot experiment was conducted in the rabi (post rainy) seasons of 2001 and 2002 to study the genotypic differences in grain growth rate and endogenous hormonal content in the developing grains of hexaploid and tetraploid wheat. The endogenous hormonal contents of grains in both the ploidy levels had changed in sequence. At 5 days after anthesis (DAA), gibberellic acid (GA3); at 15 DAA (rapid growth phase), indole-acetic acid (IAA); at 25 DAA (dough stage), abscisic acid (ABA) were maximum. At 35 DAA, all the endogenous hormonal level decreased and among the hormones, ABA was highest followed by IAA and GA3. Hexaploids recorded higher concentrations of endogenous hormones (13.38% IAA, 17.89% GA3, and 14.7% ABA) on fresh weight basis and resulted in higher seed weight (56.99 mg/grain) and grain growth rate (0.009 g/g/day) compared to tetraploids (49.08 mg/grain; 0.008 g/g/day) on dry weight basis by better mobilization of photosynthates during grain filling. Key Words: Grain growth rate, hormones, indole-acetic acid, gibberellic acid, abscisic acid. doi:10.3329/bjar.v33i3.1608 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 33(3) : 493-502, September 2008


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