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Goals of Anthesis
1. Increasing cell division- allows for more
cells to be present in a pumpkin and a
theoretical increase in yield
– More cells = more weight
2. Increasing sink strength- helps the
plant allocate more nutrients to the
pumpkin
– By increasing cell division and duration, this
will require more nutrients.
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Simplified Directions
• Storage
– Brown vial in fridge
– Blue vial in freezer
• Mixing (day of application)
– Mix full contents of both vials into 30mL (1oz.) of distilled
water.
• Application
– Spray/Mist on actual small pumpkin 48hrs after pollination
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Grower-Provided Anthesis Data
• All data provided was voluntarily
shared with permission to make it
publically available.
• There was no incentive provided to
any of the growers. The following are
their honest comments:
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Grower-Reported Data
“I will say the Anthesis-applied pumpkin was still growing,
where the other fruits slowed way down.”
-Andy Box
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1600
Anthesis and Untreated (Control) Pumpkins in R² = 0.9965
1400
Andy Box's 2015 Patch
Estimated Weight (pounds) Using the
R² = 0.9902
1200
Team-Pumpkin Chart
R² = 0.9983
1000
800
Anthesis Treated
600
Untreated 1
400
Untreated 2
200
20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Days Old
Graph 1 Summary
1. Figure 1: It is clearly evident that the Anthesis-treated pumpkin was
of comparable size up to the critical day 35.
2. After day 35, the Anthesis-treated pumpkin had an increased growth
rate that was sustained for the remainder of the season, resulting in
his top-producing pumpkin for the year.
3. Both of the untreated control pumpkins have a very similar growth
curve for the season and ended up within 4.9% of each other.
4. The Anthesis-treated is noticeably greater past day 40 and finished
13.0% greater than the average of the untreated pumpkins.
5. The graph supports the grower’s comments that the Anthesis-
treated pumpkin continued to grow while the other fruits decreased
in growth rate.
6. Trend lines use the Logarithmic Regression with R2 values provided.
700
550
500
Team-Pumpkin Chart
450
400
350
100
50
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Days Old
Graph 2 Summary
1. Growth curves for Anthesis-treated and untreated (control) pumpkins
grown in the same 150 sq.ft. location by Bart Toftness during three
different years with almost daily measurements taken.
2. The growth curve shows that the Anthesis-treated pumpkin (diamond
shape) was smaller up to day 37 than the untreated ones, suggesting a
delay in cell expansion.
3. After day 37, the growth rate is accelerated and continues for an extended
period of time, leading to an improvement in late season growth that
increases final size of the pumpkin.
4. Day 60 and beyond, there is a continual upward trend of growth with no
indication of a plateau.
5. Even though the Anthesis-treated pumpkin is the oldest, the delay in
harvest was grower’s choice, as it was still showing positive gains and was
allowed to remain on the vine until a later weigh-off.
6. The Anthesis-applied pumpkin grew the biggest pumpkin out of this space
even though, up to day 30, it was the smallest.
Anthesis 2015 Harvest Data Summary
Top 10 Average for Anthesis-Treated Pumpkins 1819.85 lbs.
Top 20 Average for Anthesis-Treated Pumpkins 1643.25 lbs.
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1st Goal of Anthesis
1. Increasing cell division- allows for
more cells to be present in a pumpkin
and a theoretical increase in yield
– More cells = more weight
Cell Division = Mitosis
• Cells making identical copies of themselves
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http://plantsinaction.science.uq.edu.au/book/export/html/70
Cell cycle
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/genetics/vgec/diagrams/22-Cell-cycle.gif
(Fomenkov, 2015)
Ethylene Impacts S-Phase
• Applied ethylene affects the number of S-phase
cells only when the level of ethylene is low.
http://image.slidesharecdn.com/cellcyclemitosis-121121183432-phpapp02/95/the-cell-cycle-13-638.jpg?cb=1353595391
Mitosis
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/genetics/vgec/diagrams/38%20mitotis%20phases.jpg
Cell Growth = Cell Expansion
• Same number of cells, but each cell is
increasing in size (swelling)
http://openi.nlm.nih.gov/imgs/512/151/2530862/2530862_gb-2008-9-7-226-1.png
Cell Expansion
• Contributes by far the most to fruit growth
http://postharvest.tfrec.wsu.edu/pages/N4I1B
(Zhang, 2006)
Pollination is a Critical Time
http://facweb.furman.edu/~wworthen/bio111/plantb10.jpg
(Fanwoua, 2012)
Cell Expansion (alone)
• From pollination until maturity, cell volume can
increase about 11,000 fold.
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(Zhang, 2006)
Improved Cell Division
Has Led to Fruit Enlargement
• The evolution of fruit size in Asian pears (P.
pyrifolia) has mainly resulted from shifts in the
ability of cells to divide rather than to enlarge.
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Cell Division
Mitosis
• Genetic variation in final
fruit size (large vs. small fruited
melons) was mainly
accounted for by
variation in final pericarp
cell number caused by
differences in cell
division duration.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Drupe_fruit_diagram-en.svg/2000px-
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(Aly, 1999)
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(Fanwoua, 2012)
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(Savage, 2015)
Pumpkin Cell Division-Very Early Stages
• Pumpkin mass at flowering was not significantly different.
• Cell division in the inner layers (mesocarp and
placental region) stopped before the fruit was 1kg
(~2 pounds).
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(Savage, 2015)
Pumpkin Cell Division-Very Early Stages
• However, division in the outer
wall appeared to last longer.
• Based on the curve fit of
the data, cell division in
the outer wall could have
continued until pumpkins
were close to 100kg (~220
pounds).
What impact can plant hormones have?
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Ethylene
• Often thought of as just a ripening hormone…
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Why Ethylene and not Gibberellin?
-Direction of cell growth is
influenced by effects on
cellulose microfibril
orientation.
http://plantsinaction.science.uq.edu.au/edition1/?q=figure_view/290
Timing is Very Important
• Applying the same
product at different
stages of plant
development results in
very different outcomes
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Ethylene = Ripening*
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Ethylene = Causes plants to only produce
female flowers (when applied at the 1-5 leaf stage)
• For cucumbers, apply 250 to 500 ppm
when plants have 1,3 and 5 leaves.
• Induces gynoecious female line for
hybrid seed production
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*Anthesis*
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Ethylene Promotes
Cell Development (Aly, 1999)
http://shobitt.exteen.com/images/entries/shutterspeed.jpg
(Kazama, 2004)
Best of Both Situations
• Ethylene can promote cell proliferation and
suspend cell differentiation.
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(Zhang, 2006)
Cell Division Related to Maturation Time
• Late-maturing cultivars are larger than earlier-
maturing cultivars, and this is due to an
extended period of cell division.
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(Johnson, 2011)
More Cells = Bigger Fruit
• Variation in fruit size is often associated with
differences in cell number.
• Higher cell number is associated with larger fruit size.
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/web/92239_web.jpg
(Johnson, 2011)
Final Cell Number is Influenced By…
1) Cell production within the ovary before bloom
2) Rate and duration of cell production during fruit
growth
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Summary
• *Cell division is of great importance in the
variation of final fruit size.
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(Aly, 1999)
Repeated Results
• An ethylene application during flowering or
tomato fruit set stage increased not only fruit
yield but also fruit size in both trials.
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(Aly, 1999)
Positive Results from Ethylene Application
• The ethylene application resulted in fruit diameter and
weight that were significantly increased by 8% to 34%
and ripened 10 days later than control.
What about Cytokinins?
• Increase fruit size (in apples) by increasing
number of cell layers
– not cell expansion
• Play an important role in determining
the eventual cell number of the fruit
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2nd Goal of Anthesis
2. Increasing sink strength- helps the plant
allocate more nutrients to the pumpkin
– By increasing cell division and duration, this
will require more nutrients
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Source : Sink
Relationship
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Source vs. Sink
• Source: Portions of a plant that are producing
more energy (sugar) than they are consuming
• Sink: Net consumer of energy
https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/558/flashcards/183558/jpg/picture81335365144088.jpg
http://ibbio.pbworks.com/f/translocation%20of%20sucrose.jpg
(Roitsch, 2000)
Strength of Sugar Attraction
• Ability for an organ to unload the sugar from
the phloem determines the sink strength or
flow of sucrose.
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(Peleg, 2011)
Cytokinins Directing Source/Sink Changes
• Hormonal transitions
play a major role in
source/sink changes,
and cytokinins
appear to be a key
element affecting
these transitions.
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Photosynthesis
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Translocation
• Movement of the products of photosynthesis
by the phloem
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(Roitsch, 2000)
Sucrose Used for Long Distance Transport
• Long distance transport of carbohydrates is
mostly in the phloem and in the form of sucrose.
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Meristems
• Site of actively dividing cells forming new tissue,
and typically found at the growing tips of roots
and shoots.
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Xylem vs. Phloem
• Vascular connections
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Phloem Contents
https://horticulturetalk.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/translocation-from-source-to-sink/
Phloem (main focus)
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Pressure- flow model
http://biologydiva.pbworks.com/f/26-013.jpg
Phloem loading
• The process when sugars enter the phloem at
the source point.
https://ibstudybuddy.wordpress.com/hl-biology/9-plant-biology/9-2-transport-in-the-phloem-of-plants/
“Sugar” = Carbohydrate
(saccarides)
• There are many different types
of sugars.
• Sucrose is mostly used for
transport in plants.
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(Fanwoua, 2012)
Competition for Nutrients
• In general, competition for
assimilates affects fruit
growth rate more than
growth duration.
http://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/62120/fpls-04-00483-r2/image_m/fpls-04-00483-g005.jpg
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(Fanwoua, 2012)
Sugar Movement in Plants
• Cell growth is the consequence of sugar import
from a common assimilate pool according to the
sink/source concept.
•This image shows radioactive sugar
concentrations 2.5 hours after tracer molecules
were fed to older leaves in the plant.
https://decodingscience.missouri.edu/2013/11/22/the-sweet-path/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/cefa6286af68e3c4176397d4f83f5653c3324fd4.gif
(Roitsch, 2000)
First Discovery of Cytokinins
• Cytokinins were first shown to stimulate cell
division.
http://images.slideplayer.com/1/276145/slides/slide_15.jpg
(Foyer, 2001)
Cytokinins Help Coordinate
Source/Sink Activities
• There is now compelling evidence that two plant
hormones, abscisic acid (ABA) and cytokinin, are involved
in coordinating source and sink activities.
– ABA metabolism is implicated in sugar sensing.
• Cytokinins are involved in the carbon : nitrogen balance
of organs.
– Cytokinins are transported from roots to the shoot in the
presence of nitrogen and are able to trigger re-greening of
chlorotic shoots.
http://www.solsystems.com/blog/wp-
content/uploads/2014/12/615x200-ehow-images-a04-pd-k7-
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(Roitsch, 2000)
Type of Target Tissue Matters
• Process occurs mainly symplastically via plasmodesmata in storage
organs
• However, in embrotic tissue, an apoplastic unloading pathway is
required which is commonly associated with actively growing tissues
and, as a result, is likely to be under the regulation of cytokinins.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/0/00/Waterpathwaysthroughrootcells.gif
(Roitsch, 2000)
Apoplastic Unloading and Cytokinin Levels
• Extracellular invertase (enzyme of an apoplasmic phloem
unloading pathway and helps break down sucrose that is released into the
apoplast) is
concentrated in actively growing tissue,
which is also known to have high cytokinin levels.
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(Roitsch, 2000)
Cytokinins Can Increase Sugar Uptake
• An increased uptake of sugars (sucrose and glucose)
in response to a cytokinin treatment has been
experimentally demonstrated.
(Roitsch, 2000)
Cytokinins + Sugar Status = Cell Division
• Indicating a direct link between cytokinins, as
well as sugar status and the initiation of cell
division
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(Roitsch, 2000)
Cell Division Drives Sink Strength
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(Peleg, 2011)
Cytokinins Can Help
Keep Photosynthesis Going
• Increase in cytokinins enables plants to
maintain source strength during stress and
relatively higher yields.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yagut_Allahverdiyeva/publication/43147508/fig
ure/fig2/AS:277440350965763@1443158342859/Fig-2-Phenotype-of-the-Arabidopsis-
control-and-drought-stressed-plants-after-12-days.png
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(Peleg, 2011)
Cytokinin’s Regulatory Properties
• Cytokinin regulation of assimilates, sink
strength, and source/sink relationships is well
documented.
http://plantsinaction.science.uq.edu.au/sites/plantsinaction.science.uq.edu.au/files/Fig5.13-new-p.png
(Yashima, 2005)
Cytokinins Can Reduce
Flower Abortions
• The application of
cytokinins to raceme (flower
cluster) reduced abortion and
increased pod number in
soybean plants.
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(Yu, 2015)
Plant Pathways
• Auxin, cytokinin, regulate cell
division, also regulates
nutrient biosynthesis.
• Sink strength and source
activity can be altered by
endogenous hormones and
environmental factors.
https://oncogenesandcancer.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/cell-cycle.jpg
(Yu, 2015)
Fountain of Youth Plant Hormone
• Delayed senescence caused
by overproduction of
cytokinin, delays protein
degradation and inhibits N
remobilization, also induces
increased lifespan and
drought tolerance in several
plant species
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yongfeng_Guo/publication/263206185/figure/fig1/AS:296043204890632@144759
3608730/Fig-1-Inhibition-of-leaf-senescence-by-autoregulated-production-of-cytokinins-A-The.png
(Savage, 2015)
Pumpkin Plant Water % and Carbon %
• Water % = 91%-98%
• Carbon % = 40-43%
• Sap sugar concentration % = 18-21%
https://www.prominent.com/media/Applications/app-water-treatment-and-disinfection_Header_1.jpg https://media2.wnyc.org/i/576/573/l/80/1/carbon.jpg
(Savage, 2015)
http://www.barransclass.com/phys1090/circus/Torres_E/rubberband.jpg
(Savage, 2015)
In General
• Source and Sink activity are
coupled at the whole plant level.
• Fruit size appears to scale with
phloem transport capacity.
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Anthesis
• Is a combination of ethylene and
cytokinin
• The type of cytokinin, as well as the
concentration and timing, have been
carefully selected to help offer the
maximum effectiveness.
• Grower-supported data shows the
distinctive Anthesis curve when
compared to untreated pumpkins
that are in the same grower’s patch.
References (slide 1 of 3)
• Atta-Aly, M. A., Riad, G. S., Lacheene, Z. El.-S., and El-Beltagy,
A.S., (1999) Early application of ethrel extends tomato fruit
cell division and increases fruit size and yield with ripening
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