In order to clarify the effect of removal of the growing point of the main stem, lateral buds, and the defoliation of the leaves expect the
14C-fed leaf on the translocation of
14C-assimilates, the following two experiments were conducted, Experiment 1 : plants were given the treatment of 1) control, 2) removal of the growing point of main stem, 3) defoliation expect
14C-fed leaf, 4) combination of removal of the growing point and defoliation of leaves, 5) removal of growing point, lateral buds and defoliation. Two days after these treatments,
14CO
2 was fed to the 5th leaf from the growing point for 1 hr. Three days after
14CO
2 assimilation, plants were harvested and cunting of
14C and radioautographs were made. Experiment 2 :
14CO
2 was fed to the leaves of different ages i. e. leaf No. 1, 3 and 6 from growing point, and the effect of defoliation of the leaves except the
14C-fed leaf on the translocation of assimilates was studied. Results of these experiments were as follows: 1) When the growing point of main stem was removed, appical dominance in the distribution of assimilates disappeared and
14C was distributed to the stolon and lateral buds near
14C-fed leaf. 2) Defoliation of the leaves except the
14C-fed lead influenced the translocation and distribution of the assimilates. When all the leaves except
14C-fed leaf was defoliated,
14C was translocated and accumulated intensely, without regard to age of
14C-fed leaf into the growing point of the main stolon, emphatically showing the appical dominance of distribution. 3) When all the leaves were defoliated except one of the younger leaf,
14C-assimilates by the young leaf was distributed more widely to the older part of the plant compared with those of control plants.
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