Abstract

N<sup>6</sup>-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and KC1 stimulated growth in detached greening cucumber cotyledons; BAP enhanced RNA synthesis whereas KCl strikingly accelerated leucine-<sup>14</sup>C incorporation into proteins. Vanillin (0.01 M) inhibited greening and protein synthesis, and nullified the stimulatory effects of KC1. a-chloroethylphosphonic acid (CEPA, 0.01 M) inhibited greening without any effect on protein synthesis when it was applied alone; CEPA decreased RNA synthesis, completely nullified the K<sup>+</sup>-induced synthesis of chlorophyll, and reduced the BAP<sup>-</sup> or KCl<sup>-</sup>induced growth. Vanillin inhibited yellowing in 'senescing leaf discs of kale kept in darkness, whereas CEPA had an opposite effect.

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