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Quantification of ABA and its metabolites in sweet cherries usingdeuterium-labeled internal standards

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Abscisic acid (ABA), phaseic acid (PA), dihydrophaseic acid (DPA), and epi-dihydrophaseic acid (epi-DPA) were quantified in developing fruit and seeds of sweet cherry using each deuterium-labeled internal standard. ABA concentrations in the pulp were low at the early stage of fruit development, reached to the maximum before maturation, and subsequently declined during maturation. The significant increase of ABA after 29 days after full bloom (DAFB) coincides with the softening suggests that ABA may play a role to induce fruit maturation in sweet cherries. ABA metabolite levels were high at the immature stage and decreased with fruit maturation. This fact suggests that fruit may not need ABA in the early stage of fruit development. It was considered that DPA may be the major metabolite of ABA since the concentrations were higher than PA and epi-DPA at all stages of fruit development. ABA concentrations increased at the beginning of seed maturation and then decreased toward harvest. This decrease may be necessary to end seed dormancy. DPA in seeds changed similarly with ABA but its concentrations were always higher than those of ABA.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

abscisic acid

DPA:

dihydrophaseic acid

PA:

phaseic acid

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Setha, S., Kondo, S., Hirai, N. et al. Quantification of ABA and its metabolites in sweet cherries usingdeuterium-labeled internal standards. Plant Growth Regul 45, 183–188 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-005-3088-7

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