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. 2009 Feb 24;60(4):1179–1190. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ern364

Table 1.

Canopy density effects on the cytokinin distribution in tobacco

Cytokinin (pmol g−1 fresh weight)
Dense canopy Open canopy
Low* Intermediate High Low Intermediate High
cis-Z 0.282±0.114 0.246±0.009 0.217±0.040 0.390±0.117 0.386±0.139 0.392±0.096
cis-ZR 0.198±0.079 0.156±0.028 0.176±0.014 0.146±0.028 0.177±0.079 0.205±0.007
cis-ZRP 0.631±0.095 1.315±0.143 3.140±1.181 0.908±0.094 1.763±0.679 7.661±1.361
trans-Z nd nd 0.129±0.056 nd nd 0.166±0.047
trans-ZR nd nd 0.081±0.016 nd nd nd
trans-ZRP nd nd 1.430±0.566 nd nd 1.279±0.143
DHZ nd nd nd nd nd 0.067±0.028
DHZRP nd 0.028±0.008 0.242±0.097 nd nd 0.570±0.095
iP 0.342±0.037 0.333±0.051 0.266±0.028 0.212±0.015 0.261±0.019 0.369±0.102
iPR 0.227±0.035 0.236±0.019 0.632±0.059 0.179±0.008 0.284±0.046 0.409±0.020
iPRP 1.063±0.227 2.777±0.115 11.39±2.275 1.376±0.286 2.844±1.067 12.04±0.682

Values represent means±SE, n=3.

DHZ, dihydrozeatin; DHZRP, dihydrozeatin riboside monophosphate; iP, isopentenyl adenine; iPR, isopentenyl adenosine; iPRP, isopentenyl adenosine monophosphate; nd, not detected; Z, zeatin; ZR, zeatin riboside; ZRP, zeatin riboside monophosphate.

*

Positions correspond to relative heights in Fig. 1C, D.