Glasshouse Crops Research Institute, BN16 3PU, Littlehampton, Sussex, UK.
Planta. 1976 Jan;130(1):47-52. doi: 10.1007/BF00390843.
Histological examination of the ovary walls from ethylene-treated cut flowering stems of the carnation showed that the cells had enlarged and this appeared to account for the increased growth of the ovary which follows ethylene treatment of this flower. Sugar analyses of the flower parts indicated that growth of the ovary was accompanied by an increase in the ratio of sucrose to reducing sugars in the petals and ovary, and a net increase in sugars in the ovary. A sugar, tentatively identified as xylose, increased in the petals after ethylene treatment. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium contents of the ovary also increased after the ethylene treatment. The results, consistent with the hypothesis that sucrose is translocated in response to ethylene, are discussed in relation to previous work relating to the involvement of ethylene in flower senescence.
对经乙烯处理的香石竹切花茎的卵巢壁进行组织学检查表明，细胞已经增大，这似乎是乙烯处理后卵巢增大的原因。对花部分的糖分析表明，卵巢的生长伴随着花瓣和卵巢中蔗糖与还原糖比例的增加，以及卵巢中糖的净增加。乙烯处理后，花瓣中的一种糖（暂定名为木糖）增加。卵巢中的氮、磷和钾含量也在乙烯处理后增加。这些结果与蔗糖响应乙烯而转运的假设一致，与先前关于乙烯参与花衰老的工作有关。
