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Carnation tissue was allowed to vitrify in liquid culture and ethylene production, ACC content and capacity to convert ACC to ethylene were measured in comparison to tissue developing normally on solid medium. Flask atmospheres of liquid cultures accumulated ethylene at a higher rate during the first four days. Daily ethylene production by vitrifying material decreased later. Ethylene emission by vitrifying tissues always remained above controls when subcultured daily to fresh medium. Explants and microsomal preparations from vitrifying carnations converted ACC to ethylene at a higher degree from the first day in liquid medium. ACC level markedly increased in vitrifying tissues during the first two days of liquid culture. Raising the level of ethylene in the atmosphere of solid cultures did not induce vitrification symptoms nor did use of inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis in liquid cultures prevent the process. The role of ethylene in vitrification is reappraised.
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Kevers, C., Gaspar, T. Vitrification of carnation in vitro: Changes in ethylene production, ACC level and capacity to convert ACC to ethylene. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 4, 215–223 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040195
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