Tradescantia paludosa

Tradescantia paludosa 2-5 weeks low to moderate moderate potentially excellent ... 

Cytokinin enhances meiotic cell division in megaspore mother cells of grape (Negi and Olmo 1972). Enhancement of meiosis by cytokinin has also been reported in microspore mother cells of Tradescantia paludosa (Walker and Dietrich 1961). In this case kinetin stimulates the passage of meiotic cells through prophase and, under some conditions, reduces the time between the second meiotic division and the following mitotic division. Prolonged exposure to kinetin, however, causes cessation of meiosis ( meiotic stasis ). 

Tradescantia 124, 129 Tradescantia paludosa 168 Tradescantia virginica 126 Trifolium incarnatum (crimson clover) 41, 136, 143, 189, 233 cv. Dixie 143 Trifolium repens (white clover) 33... 

The techniques for using the stamen-hair system have been developed over the past several years specifically for radiobiological studies. However, preliminary experiments indicate that these techniques are applicable to chemical mutagen studies in either a gaseous or liquid state. Several years ago. Smith and Lotfy ) showed that certain gaseous chemicals, specifically ethylene oxide, ketene, and methyl chloride, produced chromosome aberrations in pollen tubes of Tradescantia paludosa cultured to metaphase. More recent experiments have also employed microspores. 

M. R. Alvarez and A. H. Sparrow, Comparison of reproductive integrity in the stamen hair and root meristem of Tradescantia paludosa following acute gamma irradiation. Radiation Botany 5, 423-430 (1965). 

J. Van t Hof and A. H. Sparrow, Radiation effects on the growth rate and cell population kinetics of actively growing and dormant roots of Tradescantia paludosa, J. Cell Biol. 26, 187-199 (1965). 

L. G. Parchman, The morphogenesis of stamen hairs of Tradescantia paludosa, Ph. D. thesis, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. (1964). 

Bud development in the inflorescence of Tradescantia clone 02 proceeds in an orderly and continuous sequence from bud initiation to an-thesis, with the youngest buds at the base of the inflorescence 8,43) (Figs. 2A and 3). The development is very similar to that described in detail for T. paludosa. 4) An inflorescence on a potted plant may produce flowers and initiate new buds for over 5 months, ultimately producing as many as 140 or more flowers if the flowers are picked daily. 

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