We found that the potato gene StCKP1 encodes an enzyme interconverting two forms of the plant hormone CK (cytokinin), an activator of tuber development. We showed that StCKP1 prolonged dormancy in potato tubers. If tubers were chilled, the extra dormancy disappeared.
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