Use of Shoot-Root Grafts in Case studies of Site of o-Hydroxycinnamic Acid Synthesis in Melilotus alba

Authors

Herman J. Gorz, United States Department of Agriculture
Francis A. Haskins, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

11-1966

Comments

Published in Crop Science (November-December 1966) 6(6): 545-547.

Abstract

The content of o-hydroxycinnamic acid was measured in shoot-root grafts involving four combinations of Melilotus alba plants of the CuCuBB and cucuBB genotypes. Six portions from each grafted plant were assayed. Results provide evidence that o-hydroxycinnamic acid synthesis occurs in the above-ground parts of sweetclover plants, with limited translocation to the roots. No support was obtained for the view that the root plays an important role in o-hydroxycinnamic acid synthesis.