Influence de phénomènes d'antagonisme entre organes et entre régulateurs sur le développement floral de bourgeons cotylédonaires chez le Scrofularia arguta
The influence of various correlations and a few growth regulators (auxin, abscissic acid, and kinetin) on vegetative or floral development of cotyledonary buds is studied on plants or plant fragments cultured in vitro. It is shown that the terminal bud inhibits growth and stimulates flowering, whereas "non-absorbing roots" inhibit floral development; if the terminal bud is present, the roots are inactive. This antagonism between organs can be simulated by replacing the terminal bud by an auxin or abscissic acid treatment and the roots by a kinetin treatment. The two groups of substances show antagonistic actions on the nature of cotyledonary bud development. Flowering or non-flowering, then, depends on the balance of concentration of these two groups of substances in the culture medium.