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Abnormal Stomatal Behavior and Hormonal Imbalance in flacca, a Wilty Mutant of Tomato

V. Effect of Abscisic Acid on Indoleacetic Acid Metabolism and Ethylene Evolution

Dorot Imber²

Amnon Erez³ and Ephraim Epstein³

Department of Biology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Research and Development Authority, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Volcani Institute for Agricultural Research, Beit-Dagan, Israel

The wilty tomato mutant flacca, the normal cultivar Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Rheinlands Ruhm, and abscisic acid-induced phenotypic revertants were compared with respect to ethylene evolution, activity of tryptophan aminotransferase, and [1-¹⁴C]indoleacetic acid decarboxylation.

The level of ethylene evolution was higher in flacca plants than in the normal cultivar. Ethylene evolution was reduced to the wild type level in abscisic acid-induced phenotypic revertants and to a lesser extent in mutant plants grown under humid conditions. Leaf epinasty, which characterized flacca plants in the present experiments, did not appear in absciscic acid-treated mutant plants, but did appear under high humidity. Tryptophan aminotransferase activity, similar to ethylene evolution, was higher in flacca plants and was reduced to the normal level by abscisic acid treatment. Indoleacetic acid decarboxylation was similar in mutant and normal plants, but was increased by abscisic acid treatment. The relationships among ethylene, auxin, and the morphological symptoms which characterize the mutant are discussed.

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