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Development and Growth Regulation

A Flower-Inducing Substance of High Molecular Weight from Higher Plants ¹

Faculty of Living Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara, Japan, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Faculty of Science, Konan University, Kobe, Japan

The flower-inducing activities of aqueous extracts of several plants were fractionated by gel filtration. Three major peaks, corresponding to molecular weights of about 120, 20 to 30, and 5 to 10 kilodaltons, were detected in extracts of Lemna, Pharbitis, and Brassica. The latter two peaks may be degradation products generated during the extraction procedure. In extracts of soybean seeds, only the peak of material of 120 kilodaltons was detected. This is the first published report of a high molecular mass substance with florigenic activity in Lemna plants. The florigenic substance had some properties associated with proteins (or polypeptides), but the activity was unaffected by treatment with proteinase K.