Great Basin Naturalist
Article Title
Seasonal changes of selected secondary plant products in Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. turbinatus
Abstract
Previously, physiological studies of rubber and resin production during the growing season of Chrysothamnus nausceosus ssp. turbinatus indicated a negative correlation between rubber and resin content. The resin was highest in the spring and lowest in the summer, whereas rubber was highest in the summer and lowest in the spring. Individual compounds were followed during the growing season to see if they correlated with the rubber or resin trend. The total compounds in the cyclohexane fraction followed the resin pattern. Individual compounds varied in their changes during the growing season. Limonene, for example, was negatively correlated with rubber production, whereas β cubebene was positively correlated. The possible metabolic pathways between resin and rubber are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Hegerhorst, D. F.; Bhat, R. B.; Weber, D. J.; and McArthur, E. D.
(1988)
"Seasonal changes of selected secondary plant products in Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. turbinatus,"
Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 48:
No.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol48/iss1/1