Table 3.

Inhibition of Leaf Primordium Formation and Induction of Ectopic Leaf Primordia by Local Application to Tomato Apices of Lanolin Paste Containing Various Auxin Transport Inhibitors or Auxin

Treatment^{^a}	No. of Treatments	Site of Application	No. of Effects (%)
Lanolin only	22	I₁	0
Lanolin only	15	I₂	0
10 mM NPA	22	I₁	17^{^b} (77)
10 mM HFCA	12	I₁	8^{^b} (66)
10 mM TIBA	12	I₁	5^{^b} (42)
10 mM apigenin	12	I₁	0
10 mM quercetin	12	I₁	0
10 mM IAA	14	I₁	10^{^c} (71)
10 mM IAA	64	I₂	22^{^d} (34)
10 mM IAA	14	Entire	7^{^e} (50)

↵a All treatments were performed by applying lanolin paste containing the indicated substances to freshly dissected tomato apices at the flank of the meristems either at the position of incipient leaf formation (I₁) or at the site where the following primordium was expected (I₂). Alternatively, the entire flank was treated. Apices were examined 7 days after treatment.
↵b Leaf formation inhibited.
↵c Primordia thicker than normal.
↵d Ectopic primordia fused to P₁.
↵e Large ectopic primordia fused to P₁.