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. 1990 Jan;92(1):242–245. doi: 10.1104/pp.92.1.242

Gibberellic Acid Regulates Cell Wall Extensibility in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) 1

Geoff Keyes 1,2, Mark E Sorrells 1, Tim L Setter 1,3
PMCID: PMC1062276  PMID: 16667254

Abstract

Mutations (Rht genes) blocking sensitivity to gibberellic acid (GA) were used to examine phytohormone mediated cell wall expansion in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Irreversible extensibility of immature leaf segments, as determined by stress/strain (instron) measurements, declined with Rht gene dose. Exogenous GA3 significantly increased wall extensibility in the nonmutant controls but had no effect on the near-isogenic GA-insensitive genotypes. Furthermore, ancymidol, an inhibitor of gibberellin biosynthesis, diminished wall extensibility in the nonmutant control. Extensibility of immature segments was highly correlated with mature leaf sheath length (R = +0.95). The results indicate that wall yielding properties of expanding wheat leaves are associated with leaf cell expansion potential and that GA is involved in the determination of those properties.

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