Ras-related guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding nuclear protein (Ran) GTPases function as molecular switches and regulate diverse cellular events in eukaryotes. Our previous work suggested that DlRan3B is active during longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) somatic embryogenesis (SE) processes. Herein, subcellular localization of DlRan3B was found to be localized in the nucleus and expression profil...

Gibberellin is an important plant growth regulator that has been widely used in agricultural production with great market prospects. However, the low yield from Gibberella fujikuroi restricts its application. To improve of gibberellin A4 (GA4), response surface methodology was this study to explore effect different types and concentrations vegetable oil precursors on GA4. Based a single factor ...

We aimed to analyze the rheological characteristics during elongation of the root segments in Lemna minor. The elastic component of segment elongation (EC) increased for the first 6 h, and then almost stopped. However, the plastic component of the segment elongation (PC) began to rapidly increase from 6 h onwards. Uniconazole-P, a gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitor, inhibited the total elongati...

Myrica gale L. (sweet gale) fruit leachate contains myrigalone A (MyA), a rare C-methylated dihydrochalcone and putative allelochemical, which is known to be a phytotoxin impeding seedling growth. We found that MyA inhibited Lepidium sativum L. seed germination in a dose-dependent manner. MyA did not affect testa rupture, but inhibited endosperm rupture and the transition to subsequent seedling...

The major effects of the gibberellins (GA) on plants have been reviewed recently (13, 14) but no definite linkage with any metabolic pathway has been established. In their study of photosynthesis in gibberellin treated leaves Haber and Tolbert (8) concluded that gibberellic acid neither enhanced the rate of CO2 fixation per unit of leaf tissue nor altered the general pathways of short time meta...

Transgenic tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.) with reduced mRNA levels of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (SlARF7) form parthenocarpic fruits with morphological characteristics that seem to be the result of both increased auxin and gibberellin (GA) responses during fruit growth. This paper presents a more detailed analysis of these transgenic lines. Gene expression analysis of auxin-responsive gen...