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. 1998 Feb;116(2):511–518. doi: 10.1104/pp.116.2.511

Table IV.

Quantification of IAA and ABA in methanolic extract and phloem exudate of apical shoots

Experiment IAA
ABA
Methanolic Extract Exudate Methanolic Extract Exudate
ng/g ng/shoot ng/g ng/shoot
1 55 4.7 4.2 28 2.4 1.7
2 66 5.3 3.4 26 2.1 1.1

The shoots were taken at the time of anthesis of the first flower. In each experiment the phloem exudate was collected from apical shoots (nine in Experiment 1; seven in Experiment 2) incubated for 24 h at 22°C in the dark.