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- Author or Editor: Mineyuki Yokoyama x
The effect of 9-hydroxy-10-oxo-12(Z), 15(Z)-octadecadienoic acid (KODA) on endodormancy breaking was studied in flower buds of japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai). The optimal concentration of KODA (100 μM) for endodormancy breaking was established over a 2-year period during the endodormancy stage of 2006 and 2007 in japanese pear cultivars Kosui, Natsushizuku, and Hosui. The effect of KODA on endodormancy breaking in flower buds was similar between ‘Natsushizuku’ and ‘Kosui’ but somewhat lower in ‘Hosui’. These results indicate that KODA can be an effective agent for promoting endodormancy breaking of flower buds in ‘Natsushizuku’ and ‘Kosui’. Although not as effective as hydrogen cyanamide, KODA may be preferable at late endodormancy stages because it has no apparent phytotoxicity.
Changes of endogenous 9, 10-ketol-octadecadienoic acid (KODA) concentrations, which is synthesized from linolenic acid by 9-lipoxygenase, were analyzed in apple [Malus ×sylvestris (L.) Mill. var. domestica (Borkh.) Mansf.] buds. In addition, the effects of 15, 16-chloro, hydroxy-9-hydroxy-10-oxo-12(Z)-octadecenoic acid (CKODA) application, which is an analog of KODA, on flower bud formation and the expression of MdTFL1 (terminal flower 1) and MdFT1 (flowering locus t 1) genes in apple buds were investigated in heavy-crop treatment (HCT) and under shade. An increase of endogenous KODA in the buds in the fruit-thinning treatment, which resulted in a higher proportion of flower bud formation than in HCT, was observed at 63 days after full bloom, but no such increase was found in HCT. In the shade-treated and heavy-crop trees, the expression of MdTFL1 in the buds to which CKODA was applied was lower than that in untreated buds. In contrast, under shade, the expression of MdFT1 in the CKODA-treated buds was higher than that in untreated buds. These results suggest that endogenous KODA may be associated with flower bud formation, and its application may be effective at improving the proportion of flower bud formation through its effect on MdTFL1 and MdFT1.
KODA [9-hydroxy-10-oxo-12(Z), 15(Z)-octadecadienoic acid] has previously been isolated from Lemna paucicostata, and is a compound known to promote flowering in plants. In this study, the effect of KODA on flower production and spring shoot occurrence in mature satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.) trees was examined in the field. The application of KODA in the summer or autumn had no discernible effect on flower production in the following year. However, when applied in summer, it promoted spring shoot occurrence in the following year, regardless of the number of flowers produced. In addition, C-KODA, a KODA analog, was more effective at producing this effect than KODA. The results suggest that the application of KODA or C-KODA may regulate spring shoot occurrence to improve the imbalance between the number of flower-bearing and vegetative shoots that leads to alternate bearing in satsuma mandarin trees.