Zearalenone vernalization

Table 15.1 The influence of zearalenone on the generative development of winter wheat cv. Grana after various periods of vernalization (According to Biesaga-Koscielniak 1998, modified). Isolated wheat embryos were cultured in sterile conditions on Murashige and Skoog (1962) media supplemented with 0 (control), 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 2.00 mg/dm3 of zearalenone during 14, 28 and 42 days at 5°C (vernalization). After these periods, plants were transferred to soil and cultivated at 20/17°C. Number of headed plants, generative development of apexes and number of vegetative ones was obtained after 100 days of grown at 20/17°C...

Table 15.4 The influence of the inhibitor of zearalenone (malathion) on the generative development of winter wheat plants. Seeds of wheat cv. Grana were cultured at sterile condition on Murashige and Skoog (1962) media supplemented with 0 (control), melathion (10 ml/dm3) and zearalenone (2 mg/dm3) during 5 weeks at 5°C (optimal time of vernalization). After vernalization plants were replaced to soil and grown at 20/17°C. Percentage of headed plants and the length of phase from vernalization to flowering was determined for 100 plants in each kind of medium...

Meng FJ, Que YM, Zhang S-Q (1986) Zearalenone-like substance in winter wheat plants and its relation to vernalization. Acta Bot Sin 28 626-627 (Chinese, Engl, summ.)... 

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