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Auxin inhibition of decapitation-induced branching is dependent on graft-transmissible signals regulated by genes Rms1 and Rms2.

Abstract
Decapitation-induced axillary bud outgrowth is a vital mechanism whereby shoots are able to continue normal growth and development. In many plants, including wild-type garden pea (Pisum sativum L.), this process can be inhibited by exogenous auxin. Using the ramosus (rms) increased branching mutants of pea, we present evidence that this response to auxin is dependent on graft-transmissible substance(s) regulated by the genes Rms1 and Rms2. The response to exogenous auxin is massively diminished in decapitated rms1 and rms2 mutant plants. However, basipetal auxin transport is not reduced in intact or decapitated mutants. Grafting rms1 or rms2 shoots onto wild-type rootstocks restored the auxin response, indicating that Rms1 and Rms2 gene action in the rootstock is sufficient to enable an auxin response in mutant shoots. We conclude that Rms1 and Rms2 act in the rootstock and shoot to control levels of mobile substance(s) that interact with exogenous auxin in the inhibition of bud outgrowth after decapitation. At least for rms1, the reduced auxin response is unlikely to be due to an inability of auxin to decrease xylem sap cytokinin content, as this is already low in intact rms1 plants. Consequently, we have genetic evidence that auxin action in decapitated plants depends on at least one novel long-distance signal.
AuthorsC A Beveridge, G M Symons, C G Turnbull
JournalPlant physiology (Plant Physiol) Vol. 123 Issue 2 Pg. 689-98 (Jun 2000) ISSN: 0032-0889 [Print] United States
PMID10859199 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Indoleacetic Acids
Topics
  • Biological Transport
  • Genes, Plant
  • Indoleacetic Acids (metabolism, physiology)
  • Peas (genetics, metabolism)

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