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Title: REVERSAL OF $gamma$-RAY-INDUCED DORMANCY OF POTATO TUBERS BY GIBBERELLIC ACID

Journal Article · · Nature
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/190547a0· OSTI ID:4053897

Potatoes exposed to doses of 8000 or 12000 rads of gamma radiation sprouted after treatment with solutions of ginberellic acid. New buds appeared adjacent to those which had degenerated after radiation exposure. It was concluded that gamma irrsdiation impairs sn endogenous gibberellin-synthesizing mechanism in the potato and that the effects of this damsge can be counterbalanced by exogenous gibberellic acid. (C.H.)

Research Organization:
Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay, India
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-15-020602
OSTI ID:
4053897
Journal Information:
Nature, Vol. Vol: 190; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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