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Promotion of Radish Cotyledon Enlargement and Reducing Sugar Content by Zeatin and Red Light ¹

^a Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521

Effects of zeatin on amino acid and sugar contents of detached radish (Raphanus sativus L.) cotyledons were investigated to determine if accumulation of these solutes contributes to cytokinin-enhanced growth. Protein and amino acid levels were not significantly affected, but in cotyledons incubated in light the hormone caused greater accumulations of reducing sugars than occurred in light controls. Continuous fluorescent light or a few minutes of red light increased both the growth rate and the reducing sugar levels compared to dark controls. A far red treatment following red light overcame the promoting effect of the latter. Amounts of reducing sugars were closely associated with growth under the above conditions. Activity of an unidentified amylase was elevated by continuous light or a red light treatment (nullifiable by far red), suggesting that reducing sugars were derived from starch. Zeatin-treated cotyledons exhibited less amylase activity than did light controls, perhaps implicating cytokinin-stimulated conversion of fats to sugars in light. In darkness zeatin promoted cotyledon growth but did not increase sugar levels nor amylase activity, suggesting that enhanced ion accumulation also contributes to the more rapid water uptake leading to growth.

¹ This work was supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant GB-38625.

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