EFFECTS OF CYCLOHEXIMIDE ON CUT ROSES

Cycloheximide, by blocking import of carbohydrate into the young roses’ corolla, was found to inhibit further flower growth.

Effects on transpiration included an initial tight closing of stomates, followed by re-opening and complete loss of control of stomatal functioning.
This resulted in leaf scorch, wilting and desiccation.

Although caused by the same agent, it is uncertain as yet whether the fundamental processes underlying these effects on flower opening and stomatal functioning are directly, causally related.

II Symposium on Growth Regulators in Floriculture

H.C.M. de Stigter, A.G.M. Broekhuysen

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1985.167.8