Original scientific paper

Kinetin Treatment of Stolbur Diseased Tomato Plants (Lycopersicum esculentum L.) and the Possibility of its Application in Chemotherapy

Biljana Plavšić ; BiH
Krsto Krivokapić ; BiH
Živojin Erić ; BiH
Devleta Buturović ; BiH

Abstract

In this study we investigated the influence of kinetin (6- furfurylaminopurine) on stolbur infected tomato plants. By using electron microscopy we analysed the starch accumulation and the thylakoid membranes in the chloroplast and we quantified the photosynthetic pigments by spectrophotometry. Consideration was also given to the growth and general appearance of the plants. We proved that in stolbur infected plants kinetin provoked the degeneration of MLO (mycoplasma like organism), the syntesis of photosynthetic pigments, regenerated the thylakoid membranes, and increased the hydrolysis of starch accumulated in the chloroplast. After kinetin treatment, diseased sterile plants produced normal flowers, fruit, and viable seeds which gave healthy progeny.

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Hrčak ID:

159190

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/159190

Publication date:

31.12.1986.

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