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Development and Growth Regulation

Quantification of Indole-3-Acetic Acid in Dark-Grown Seedlings of the Diageotropica and Epinastic Mutants of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) ¹

Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Department of Pomology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Facility for Advanced Instrumentation, University of California, Davis, California 95616

Endogenous indoleacetic acid (IAA) levels were examined in 7-day-old, dark-grown tomato seedlings (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv VFN8), and in two single-gene mutants, Epinastic and diageotropica. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was employed to quantify IAA using ¹³C₆-[benzene ring]indoleacetic acid as internal standard. IAA concentrations ranged from 89 to 134 nanograms per gram dry weight and were not significantly different for the three genotypes. Ethylene over-production by dark-grown Epi seedlings is not likely to result from increased IAA. Assuming similar recovery percentages for each genotype, indole-3-ethanol, a purported storage form of IAA, was identified by GC-MS and found to be more prevalent in the parent tomato, VFN8, with only trace amounts observed in Epi. No IEt was detected by high performance liquid chromatography/fluorescence in dgt (detection limit >100 picograms).

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