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Development and Growth Regulation

Seed Effects on Gibberellin Metabolism in Pea Pericarp ^1,2

Department of Plant Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada T6G2P5, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota 55108

Pea fruit (Pisum sativum L.) is a model system for studying the effect of seeds on fruit growth in order to understand coordination of organ development. The metabolism of ¹⁴C-labeled gibberellin A₁₂ (GA₁₂) by pea pericarp was followed using a method that allows access to the seeds while maintaining pericarp growth in situ. Identification and quantitation of GAs in pea pericarp was accomplished by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry following extensive purification of the putative GAs. Here we report for the first time that the metabolism of [¹⁴C]GA₁₂ to [¹⁴C]GA₁₉ and [¹⁴C]GA₂₀ occurs in pericarp of seeded pea fruit. Removal of seeds from the pericarp inhibited the conversion of radiolabeled GA₁₉ to GA₂₀ and caused the accumulation of radiolabeled and endogenous GA₁₉. Deseeded pericarp contained no detectable GA₂₀, GA₁, or GA₈, whereas pericarp with seeds contained endogenous and radiolabeled GA₂₀ and endogenous GA₁. These data strongly suggest that seeds are required for normal GA biosynthesis in the pericarp, specifically the conversion of GA₁₉ to GA₂₀.

² These results were originally presented at the 14th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances Meeting held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in July 1991, and parts will appear in the proceedings from this meeting.

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