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Cytokinins in Vinca rosea L. Crown Gall Tumor Tissue as Influenced by Compounds Containing Reduced Nitrogen ¹

^a Department of Plant Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401

Several compounds containing reduced nitrogen markedly increased the yields of cell-division compounds extractable from an A6 Vinca rosea L. crown gall tumor tissue. Casein hydrolysate, several amino acids, and ammonium salts were effective. Both trans-zeatin and ribosyl-trans-zeatin were substantially increased in total amount per culture and in concentration. These two compounds have been identified by several criteria including mass spectra. The reduced nitrogen treatments also caused the appearance of a cytokinin not previously detected in this tissue; it has not yet been identified. The tumor tissue rapidly absorbed [8-¹⁴C]adenine from a liquid medium. Within 1 hour, the tissue converted some of the adenine to zeatin and ribosylzeatin, and greater degrees of conversion occurred in 2-, 4-, and 8-hour periods. The tissue grown on a medium containing ammonium chloride accumulated considerably greater quantities of the two cytokinins made from the labeled adenine during each incubation period.