| Nanism is one of the most frequent type of mutant in micropropagated banana plants from the Cavendish subgroup. The present study aimed at studying some of the hormone factors involved in this type of mutation. Rhizomes from normal and dwarf plants from the cultivar Grand Naine were incubated for 5 d in the presence of [³H]-L-tryptophan, [³H]-indole-3-acetic acid and gibberellin, to quantify the endogenous levels of indole-3-acetic acid-ester, indole-3-acetic acid-amide, free indole-3-acetic acid, and cytokinins. The endogenous levels of indole-3-acetic acid and its ester- and amide-conjugated forms were measured in normal and dwarf plants incubated for 30 d with gibberellin, indole-3-acetic acid, and L- and D-tryptophan. In normal plants, the use of... |
