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Plant Physiology 53:192-197 (1974)
© 1974 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Physiology of the Yellow-Green 6 Gene in Tomato

A Possible Interrelationship between the Phenotypic Expressions of the Yellow-Green 6 Gene Mutation and the Gibberellins 1,2

Antonio T. Perez3, Herbert V. Marsh, Jr. and William H. Lachman

a Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002

The yellow-green 6 (yg6) mutation in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is controlled by a single recessive gene with pleiotropic effects. The syndrome of characters associated with the mutation are enhanced stem elongation, reduced chlorophyll content and absence of detectable anthocyanins. We now have shown that the mutant also has fewer lateral roots than the wild type and higher L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (E.C. 4.3.1.5) activity than the normal tomato. These traits of the mutant closely resemble those induced in many plants by the application of gibberellic acid which suggests that the phenotypic expressions of the mutation might in some manner be related to the endogenous level or activity of the gibberellins. In support of this premise, data are presented which show that the characters of the mutant can be induced in the wild type tomato by application of gibberellic acid. Conversely, several traits of the wild type can be induced in the mutant by an inhibitor of gibberellin hiosynthesis, Phosfon. In addition, an embryoless barley half-seed bioassay for the gibberellins and gas-liquid chromatography indicated that the mutant contained at least three times as much total gibberellin as the wild type plant.

3 Present address: The International Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 1300, M.C.C. Makati, Philippines D-708.

1 This research was supported by funds from the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station.

2 Part of a Ph.D. thesis by A. T. P.






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