Endogenous Plant Hormone Contents in Relation to Flower Bud Differentiation in Ficus carica (Moraceae)

Based on the morphological results of the flower bud differentiation in Ficus carica L.'Brunswick',we quantified certain plant hormones,including ZR,ABA,GA1+3 and IAA,in the developing flower bud at the differentiation stage on the seventh or the eighth node of the new shoots,and found that at the stage of floral receptacle and floscule formation,the buds contained high level of ZR and ABA,and low…