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Induction of alcohol dehydrogenase by plant hormones in alfalfa seedlings

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Six-day-old alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) seedlings were treated with auxin, abscisic acid (ABA), cytokinin and gibberellin to determine the effect of these plant hormones on induction of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). The ADH activity was increased at concentrations greater than 1 μM for auxin and ABA and 3 μM for cytokinin, respectively, and all increases were found within 6 h after treatments. However, ADH activity remained almost unchanged in the seedlings treated with gibberellin. At 100 μM doses, the activities in the seedlings were 4.0-, 3.6- and 2.1-fold greater than that of non-treated seedlings for auxin, ABA and cytokinin, respectively.

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Kato-Noguchi, H. Induction of alcohol dehydrogenase by plant hormones in alfalfa seedlings. Plant Growth Regulation 30, 1–3 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006253615894

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