effects of autoclaving on the physiological action of paclobutrazol高压灭菌法对摘要的生理作用的影响.pdfVIP

Vol.2, No.3, 191-197 (2011) Agricultural Sciences doi:10.4236/as.2011.23026 Effects of autoclaving on the physiological action of paclobutrazol Dimas Mendes Ribeiro, Caroline Müller, Jackson Bedin, Glayton Botelho Rocha, Raimundo * Santos Barros Depto de Biologia Vegetal/Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil; *Corresponding Author: rsbarros@ufv.br Received 3 March 2011; revised 6 May 2011; accepted 25 July 2011. ABSTRACT els of active GAs throughout the plant [3], leading to a kind of dwarfism [1]. Some effects of PBZ on plants are: Besides being employed as an efficient plant development of dark green color in leaves [2]; stimula- growth retardant for field, garden and potted tion of flowering, likely as a result of a decrease in plants, paclobutrazol (PBZ) is also used in labo- vegetative growth [4,5]; hastened leaf fall in autumn and ratory experiments, mainly in aseptic cultures, emergence delay in spring in deciduous plants [2]; yield both in autoclaved and non-autoclaved form. increase in apples [6], Jathropa curcas [7] and other Therefore it is not known if autoclaving can par- cultivated species. tial or completely inactivate the product, thus Water solubility of PBZ is very poor, about 0.12 mM decreasing its efficacy. Thus a simple exp