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Elevation in the Sucrose Content of the Shoot Apical Meristem of Sinapis alba at Floral Evocation ¹

Department of Biological Sciences, Unit 1, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306

Nanogram tissue samples from apical meristems of Sinapis alba were assayed for sucrose, total soluble hexosyl equivalents ( glucose and fructose plus hexoses from sucrose hydrolysis), and total soluble glucosyl equivalents ( glucose plus glucose from sucrose hydrolysis). On dry weight basis, sucrose concentration increased by more than 50% within 10 hours after the start of either a long photoperiod or a short photoperiod displaced by 10 hours in the 24-hour cycle (`displaced short day'). (These treatments induce flower initiation) Glucose and fructose concentrations were close to zero in vegetative meristems and remained low compared to sucrose in meristems of induced plants. Within a single meristem, the peripheral and the central zones had similar concentrations of sucrose. Our results indicate that an early physiological event in floral transition is the accumulation of sucrose in the meristem.

¹ Supported by a National Science Foundation grant to W.H.O. and by a travel grant from the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium) to M.B.

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