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Diurnal temperature fluctuations induced change in soya bean-pod[Glycine max (L.) Merr.] carbon exchange rate (CER, where positiveCER represents CO2 evolution). CER appeared to depend linearlyon temperature. Linear regressions of CER on temperature interceptedthe temperature axis at 5°C (i.e. zero CER at 5°C).Slopes of these regressions (i.e. temperature sensitivity) changedover the season. The CER-temperature sensitivity coefficient,K, (calculated from observed values of CER. pod temperatureand temperature intercept) rose from less than 0·02 mgCO2 h1 pod1 °C1 during early pod-flll,peaked at over 0·04 mg CO2 h1 pod1 °C1at mid pod-fill, and then declined during late pod-fill andmaturation. Glycine max (L.) Merr., Soya bean, carbon exchange rate, temperature 相似文献
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The application of 8[14C]t-zeatin to the radicle tips of germinatingPhaseolus vulgaris seeds revealed that cytokinins are transportedrapidly from the embryonic axis to the cotyledons, and are utilizedand metabolized extensively in these organs. The informationobtained on the transportation between the different parts ofthe embryo is consistent with the view that the mobilizationof food reserves from the cotyledons is controlled by cytokininswhich originate in the embryonic axis. Tentative identificationof the radioactive metabolites formed indicate that the appliedzeatin was altered by side-chain cleavage and by substitutionto the adenine ring. Phaseolus vulgaris, bean, germination, cytokinins, transport, radicle 相似文献
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MACDUFF J. H.; JARVIS S. C.; LARSSON C-M.; OSCARSON P. 《Journal of experimental botany》1993,44(9):1475-1484
Two approaches to quantifying relationships between nutrientsupply and plant growth were compared with respect to growth,partitioning, uptake and assimilation of NO3 by non-nodulatedpea (Pisum sativum L. cv. Marma). Plants grown in flowing solutionculture were supplied with NO3 at relative addition rates(RAR) of 0·03, 0·06, 0·12, and 0·18d1, or constant external concentrations ([NO3)of 3, 10, 20, and 100 mmol m3 over 19 d. Following acclimation,relative growth rates (RGR)approached the corresponding RARbetween 0·030.12 d-1, although growth was notlimited by N supply at RAR =0.18 d-1. Growth rates showed littlechange with [NO3] between 10100 mmol m3(RGR=0·15 0·16 d-1). The absence of growthlimitation over this range was suggested by high unit absorptionrates of NO3, accumulation of NO3 in tissues andprogressive increases in shoot: root ratio. Rates of net uptakeof NO3 from 1 mol m3 solutions were assessed relativeto the growth-related requirement for NO3, showing thatthe relative uptake capacity increased with RGR between 0·030·06d1 , but decreased thereafter to a theoretical minimumvalue at RGR 相似文献
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Ruchti, M. and Widmer, F. 1986. Isocitrate lyase from germinatingsoybean cotyledons: purification and characterization.J.exp. Bot. 37: 16851690. Isocitrate lyase (E.C. 4.1.3.1
[EC]
) was purified from the cotyledonsof 7-d-old soybean seedlings. Three molecular forms were detectedwith pi values of 6·46, 6·25 and 6·0. Themain form (pl = 6·46) had an approximate Mr of 130000,a pH optimum of 8·0, a Km (isocitrate) close to 2·0mol m3 and a molecular activity of 615 min 1 at25 °C. The purified enzyme is not a glycoprotein and isheat labile. Key words: Isocitrate lyase, soybean 相似文献
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Ethanolic extracts from the cotyledons of mature dry Phaseolusvulgaris L. seed yielded cytokinin-like activity which co-chromatographedwith zeatin and ribosylzeatin. Under conditions which stimulatedgermination and cotyledon expansion, the level of these cytokininsdecreased rapidly in both intact embryos and excised cotyledons.In the excised cotyledons the decrease was continuous, resultingin very low levels of cytokinin being detected after 4 daysof incubation. With the embryonic axis present, however, theinitial decrease was arrested and reversed after 3 days. Thissuggests that the cotyledons do not synthesize cytokinins butthat these hormones are imported from the embryonic axis, particularlyonce radicle growth is well under way. Phaseolus vulgaris, bean, cotyledons, cytokinins, germination 相似文献
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The Carbon Economy of Rubus chamaemorus L. II. Respiration 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Respiratory activity and seasonal changes in carbohydrate contentof the storage organs of Rubus chamaemorus L. have been investigated.Leaf dark respiration rate increases in a non-linear mannerfrom 0·7 mg CO2 evolved dm2 h1 at 0 °Cto 4·6 rng CO2 evolved dm2 hh1 at 30 °C.Root and rhizome respiration rates increase from 1 µ1O2 uptake g1 fresh weight h1 at 0.7 ° C to10 µ10, uptake g1 f. wt h1 at 20 °C.Rhizome carbohydrate reserves decline from a September peakof 33 per cent alcohol insoluble d. wt to 16 per cent in May. The circumpolar distribution of R. chamaemorus is discussedin relation to the evidence presented here and in the precedingpaper of the series. 相似文献
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MATTSSON M.; LUNDBORG T.; LARSSON M.; LARSSON C.-M. 《Journal of experimental botany》1992,43(1):25-30
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L., cvs Golf, Mette, and Laevigatum)was grown under nitrogen limitation in solution culture untilnear maturity. Three different nitrogen addition regimes wereused: in the HN culture the relative rate of nitrate-Naddition (RA) was 0·08 d1 until day 48 and thendecreased stepwise to, finally, 0·005 d1 duringgrain-filling; the LN culture received 45% ofthe nitrogen added in HN; the CN culture was maintainedat RA 0·0375 d1 throughout. Kinetics of net nitrateuptake were measured during ontogeny at 30 to 150 mmol m3external nitrate. Vmax (which is argued to reflect the maximuminflux rate in these plants) declined with age in both HN andLN cultures. A pronounced transient drop was observed just beforeanthesis, which correlated in time with a peak in root nitrateconcentration. Similar, but less pronounced, trends were observedin CN. The relative Vmax (unit nitrogen taken up per unit nitrogenin plants and day) in all three cultures declined from 1·32·3d1 during vegetative growth to 0·10·7d1 during generative growth. These values are in HN andLN cultures 15- to more than 100-fold in excess of the demandset by growth rates throughout ontogeny. Predicted balancingnitrate concentrations (defined as the nitrate concentrationrequired to support the observed rate of growth) were below6·0 mmol m3 in HN and LN cultures before anthesisand then decreased during ontogeny. In CN cultures the balancingnitrate concentration increased during grain-filling. Apartfrom the transient decline during anthesis, most of the effectof ageing on relative Vmax can be explained in terms of reducedcontribution of roots to total biomass (R:T). The loss in uptakeper unit root weight is largely compensated for by the declinewith time in average tissue nitrogen concentrations. The quantitativerelationships between relative Vmax and R:T in ageing plantsare similar to those observed for vegetative plants culturedat different RAs. The data support the contention that the capacity for nitrateacquisition in N-limited plants is under general growth control,rather than controlled by specific regulation of the biochemicalpathway of nitrate assimilation. Key words: Barley, nitrogen concentration, root: total plant biomass ratio, Vmax 相似文献
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Nitrate Effects on Pre-emergence Growth and Emergence Percentage of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from Different Sowing Depths 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The effects of a range of applied nitrate (NO3) concentrations(020 mol m3) on germination and emergence percentageof Triticum aestivum L. cv. Otane were examined at 30, 60, 90and 120 mm sowing depths. Germination percentage was not affectedby either sowing depth or applied NO3 concentration whereasemergence percentage decreased with increased sowing depth regardlessof applied NO3 concentration. Nitrate did not affectemergence percentage at 30 mm sowing depth, but at 60 to 120mm depth, emergence percentage decreased sharply with an increasedapplied NO3 concentration of 0 to 1·0 mol m3then decreased only slightly with further increases in appliedNO3 of about 5·0 mol m3. Root and shoot growth, NO3 accumulation and nitrate reductaseactivity (NRA) of plants supplied with 0, 1·0 and 1·0mol m3 NO3 at a sowing depth of 60 mm were measuredprior to emergence. The coleoptile of all seedlings opened withinthe substrate. Prior to emergence from the substrate, shootextension growth was unaffected by additional NO3 butshoot fr. wt. and dry wt. were both greater at 1·0 and1·0 mol m3 NO3 than with zero NO3.Root dry wt. was unaffected by NO3. Nitrate concentrationand NRA in root and shoot were always low without NO3.At 1·0 and 10 mol m3 NO3, NO3 accumulatedin the root and shoot to concentrations substantially greaterthan that applied and caused the induction of NRA. Regardlessof the applied NO3 concentration, seedlings which failedto emerge still had substantial seed reserves one month afterplanting. Coleoptile length was substantially less for seedlingswhich did not emerge than for seedlings which emerged, but wasnot affected by NO3. It is proposed that (a) decreasedemergence percentage with increased sowing depth was due tothe emergence of leaf I from the coleoptile within the substrateand (b) decreased emergence percentage with additional NO3was due to the increased expansion of leaf 1 within the substrateresulting in greater folding and damage of the leaf. Key words: Triticum aestivwn L., nitrate, sowing depth, seedling growth, seedling emergence 相似文献
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) embryos form in dynamically-regulatedovular environments. Our objectives were to improve developmentof cultured immature wheat embryos by simulating, in vitro,abscisic acid (ABA) levels and O2 tensions as found in wheatovules during zygotic embryogenesis. We characterized from intactwheat kernels embryo respiration, embryo morphology and embryoand endosperm + ABA levels at 13, 19 and 25 d post-anthesis(DPA). Young (13 DPA) embryos were then excised and culturedin vitro, where they were exposed to 0·2 or 2·Ommol m3 ±ABA and 2.·1, 2·5 or 7·4mol m3 (6, 7 and 21%, respectively) gaseous O2. At 6and 12 d in culture, + ABA levels, embryo respiration and embryomorphology were characterized by treatment. Thirteen-day-oldembryos from two different plant populations differed by 17-foldin initial ABA content. However, this difference did not affectprecocious germination in vitro, nor did it affect the amountof exogenous ABA required to reduce precocious germination by40%. In this respect, embryos from both populations were equallysensitive to exogenous ABA. Cavity sap O2 levels (2·1to 2·5 mol m3) were much more effective in preventingprecocious germination of cultured embryos than were cavitysap levels of ABA (0·2 to 2·0 mmol m3).The combination of physiological levels of both ABA and O2 largelynormalized DW accumulation and embryo morphology without alteringendogenous + ABA levels. Residual respiration of cultured embryoswas higher than that of embryos grown in situ, and was not influencedby the exogenous O2 and ABA treatments Key words: Abscisic acid, embryo development, oxygen tensions, respiration, wheat 相似文献
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Imsande, J. 1986. Inhibition of nodule development in soybeanby nitrate or reduced nitrogen.J. exp. Bot. 37: 348355. Nodulation of hydroponically grown soybean plants [Glycine max(L.) Merr.] is inhibited by continuous growth in the presenceof 4· mol m3 KNO3 The presence of 4·0 molm3 starter nitrate for 3-6 d during noduledevelopment, however, subsequently stimulates nodule dry weightaccumulation and nitrogenase activity. These stimulations occureven though 4· mol m3 nitrate temporarily delaysnodule development, i.e. the late steps of nodule developmentare reversibly inhibited by a short-term exposure to 4·0mol m3 nitrate. On the other hand, treatment with 4·0mol m3 nitrate in excess of 14 d significantly reducesnodule dry weight Thus, extended growth in the presence of 4·0mol m3 KNO3 seems to block both early and late stepsof nodule development. Nodulation of hydroponically grown soybeansis also inhibited by continuous growth in the presence of 2·0mol m3 (NH4)2SO4 This inhibition is not caused by acidityof the growth medium. On the other hand, nodule development6 d after inoculation with Rhizoblum japonicum is not delayedby a 7-d exposure to 2·0 mol m3 (NH4)2SO4 butis partially inhibited by a prolonged exposure to (NH4)2SO4Because repression of nodulation by 4·0 mol m3KNO3 is more severe than that by 2·0 mol m3 (NH4)2SO4and because ammonium taken up by the soybean plant is not activelyoxidized to nitrate, it is suggested that there are at leasttwo mechanisms by which nitrate utilization represses noduleformation in soybean. Key words: Glycine max, nitrogen, nitrogen fixation, nodulation 相似文献
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The Partitioning of Nitrate Assimilation Between Root and Shoot of a Range of Temperate Cereals and Pasture Grasses 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1
Nitrate reductase activity (NRA, in vivo assay) and nitrate(NO-3) content of root and shoot and NO-3 and reduced nitrogencontent of xylem sap were measured in five temperate cerealssupplied with a range of NO-3 concentrations (0·120mol m3) and three temperate pasture grasses suppliedwith 0·5 or 5 0 mol m3 NO-3 For one cereal (Hordeumvulgare L ), in vitro NRA was also determined The effect ofexternal NO-3 concentration on the partitioning of NO-3 assimilationbetween root and shoot was assessed All measurements indicatedthat the root was the major site of NO3 assimilation in Avenasatwa L, Hordeum vulgare L, Secale cereale L, Tnticum aestivumL and x Triticosecale Wittm supplied with 0·1 to 1·0mol m3 NO-3 and that for all cereals, shoot assimilationincreased in importance as applied NO-3 concentration increasedfrom 1.0 to 20 mol m3 At 5.020 mol m3 NO3,the data indicated that the shoot played an important if notmajor role in NO-3 assimilation in all cereals studied Measurementson Lolium multiflorum Lam and L perenne L indicated that theroot was the main site of NO-3 assimilation at 0.5 mol m3NO-3 but shoot assimilation was predominant at 5.0 mol m3NO-3 Both NRA distribution data and xylem sap analysis indicatedthat shoot assimilation was predominant in Dactylis glomerataL supplied with 0.5 or 5.0 mol m3 NO-3 Avena sativa L., oats, Hordeum vulgare L., barley, Secale cereale L., rye, x Triticosecale Wittm., triticale, Triticum aestivum L., wheat, Dactylis glomerata L., cocksfoot, Lolium multiflorum Lam., Italian ryegrass, Lolium perenne L., perennial ryegrass, nitrate, nitrate assimilation, nitrate reductase activity, xylem sap 相似文献
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Partially purified homoserine dehydrogenase was prepared frompea seedlings. The optimum pH for this enzyme is approximately 5.4. The Kmvaluesfor ASA and TPNH are 4.6xl04Af and 7.7xl05M, respectively.This enzyme can also utilize DPNH but less effectively thanTPNH. In contrast with yeast homoserine dehydrogenase whichis insensitive to SH reagents, the pea enzyme is inhibitedalmost completely by 104MPCMB and 105MHgCl2, theinhibition being removed by 102M thioglycolate. Homoserinedehydrogenase was found not only in decotylized seedlings, butalso in cotyledons. The significance of this enzyme in homoserine biosynthesis ingerminating pea seeds has been discussed. (Received February 20, 1961; ) 相似文献
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[3H]-dihydrozeatin riboside was applied selectively to the embryonicaxes or to the cotyledons of germinating lupin (Lupinus luteusL. cv. Weiko III) seeds 6 h following the start of imbibition.There was little transport of dihydrozeatin riboside from embryoto cotyledons up to 6 h after the application, but a substantialamount of radioactivity had moved into the cotyledons at theend of the 10 h incubation period. However, there was no detectablemovement of [3H]-dihydrozeatin riboside from the cotyledonsto the embryonic axis. This indicated a highly polarized movementof cytokinins during the early stages of seed germination. Exogenouslyapplied [3H]-dihydrozeatin riboside was found to be very stable,both when applied to the embryonic axes and cotyledons of intactseed, or following excision, and there was little metabolismwith only small amounts of radioactivity found associated withdegradative metabolites. The embryonic axis of this specieshas recently been found to synthesize cytokinins within 12 hfrom the start of imbibition, and the results of this studyindicate that the embryo-derived cytokinin is probably transportedto the cotyledons where it accumulates and subsequently participatesin the control of cotyledon function. Key words: Lupinus luteus, cytokinin transport and metabolism, dihydrozeatin riboside, seed germination 相似文献
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TAYLOR JOHN S.; BLACKMAN SUSAN J.; YEUNG EDWAERD C. 《Journal of experimental botany》1982,33(3):495-505
Endogenous cytokinin and gibberellin-like activity were measuredby bioassay in developing fruit of the orchid Epidendrum ibaguense.Cytokinins decline during the first 30 d after pollination,then begin to accumulate, with very high levels (113µ g zeatin eq. g1 dry wt. ) in the mature fruitand seed. The major structural change in developing fruit duringthe first 30 d is the ongoing cell division in the fruit wall.By day 30 most ovules have been fertilized and embryo developmentbegins. The increase in cytokinin activity thus coincides withthe onset of embryo development. Gibberellin levels declinein the fruit throughout development, although high activity(0.9 µ g GA3 eq. g1 dry wt. ) is observed in themature seed. The mature embryo shows no obvious structural differentiationinto embryonic axis and cotyledon and no endosperm develops. 相似文献
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MEMON ABDUL RAZAQUE; SIDDIQI M. YAEESH; CLASS ANTHONY D. M. 《Journal of experimental botany》1985,36(1):79-90
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varieties differed in their raponseto [K+]0, in terms of their utilization efficiencies (UE = freshweight. concentration of [K+]11). At low [K+]0, Compana,an efficient-non-responder demonstrated superior utilizationof absorbed K+. On the other hand, at high [K+]0, Fergus (anefficient responder) and BT 334 (an inefficient responder) hadhigher UE values for K+ than Compana which performed poorlyat this [K+]0. Kinetic parameters for K+ activation of the enzyme pyruvatekinase from 12 barley varieties, representing a range of UEvalues, were determined. Varieties showed substantial differencesin their Vmax values (P<0·01). Compana, an efficientvariety, had the highest Vmax (31 µmol g1 freshwt. h1) which was about 50% higher than that of Mingo,an inefficient variety. By contrast, Km values for the enzymeswere not significantly different among varieties The mean valuesfor all varieties (3·9±0·15 mol m3K+) is far below the estimated cytoplasmic [K+] (100-200 molm3). It is, therefore, unlikely that differences in theutilization of K+ by these varieties can be explained on thebasis of differential requirements for (K+) activation of theseenzymes. Alternative possibilities for differences in the utilizationof K+ are discussed. Key words: K+ utilization efficiency, Pyruvate kinase, Barley varieties 相似文献
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Epidermal strips and leaf fragments of Commelina and leaf fragmentsof maize were incubated on solutions containing naturally-occurringor synthetic cytokinins and/or ABA. The effects of these treatmentson stomatal behaviour were assessed. Cytokinins alone did notpromote stomatal opening in either species but concentrationsof both zeatin and kinetin from 103 to 101 molm3 caused some reversal of ABA-stimulated closure ofmaize stomata. The reversal of the ABA effect increased withincreasing cytokinin concentration. Cytokinins had no effecton ABA-stimulated closure of Commelina stomata. When appliedalone, at high concentration (101 mol m3), toCommelina epidermis or leaf pieces both zeatin and kinetin restrictedstomatal opening. Key words: ABA, Cytokinins, Stomata, Maize, Commelina 相似文献
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Lolium temulentum seedlings were grown on a nutrient mediumcontaining NH4NO2 at 0, 0·1, 0·5, 1·0 and4·3 mmoll1 as the sole N source. Relative andabsolute extension rates, maximal leaf size, duration of extensiongrowth, rate of leaf appearance and plastochron index were determinedfrom the parameters of Richards functions fitted to lengthsof laminae measured at intervals after sowing. The final lengthof leaf I was relatively insensitive to N whereas mean relativeextension rate was increased and duration of growth decreasedwith increasing NH4NO2 concentration. Leaves 2 and 3 enlargedprogressively with N at concentrations up to 1·0 mmoll1but were unresponsive thereafter. There was no significant correlationbetween final length and mean relative extension rate for leaves1 to 3. Leaves 4 to 6 continued to show increasing length beyond1·0 mmoll1 N and final length was significantlycorrelated with mean relative extension rate. Increasing N increasedthe rate of leaf appearance by decreasing the duration of leafextension and plastochron. These results are discussed in relationto the control of leaf and N turnover. Lolium temulentum, rye grass, leaf extension, nitrogen, Richards function, growth analysis 相似文献
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Millhouse, J. and Strother, S. 1987. Further characteristicsof salt-dependent bicarbonate use by the seagrass Zostera muelleri.J.exp. Bot. 38: 10551068. The contribution of HCO3to photosynthetic O2 evolutionin the seagrass Zostera muelleri Irmisch ex Aschers. increasedwith increasing salinity of the bathing seawater when the inorganiccarbon concentration was kept constant. K1/2 (seawater salts)for HCO3 -dependent photosynthesis was 66% of seawatersalinity. Both short- and long-term pretreatment at low salinitiesstimulated photosynthesis in full strength seawater. Twentyfour hours pre-incubation of seagrass plants in 3·0 molm3 NaHCO3 resulted in increased photosynthesis at allsalinities, apparently due to stimulation of HCO3 use(K1/2 (seawater salts) = 26%). Vmax (HCO3) was not affectedby low salinity pretreatment. The kinetics of HCO3 stimulationby the major seawater cations was investigated. Ca2+ was themost effective cation with the highest Vmax (HCO3) andwith K1/2(Ca2+) = 14 mol m3. Mg2+ was also very effectiveat less than 50 mol m3 but higher concentrations wereinhibitory. This inhibition cannot be accounted for solely byprecipitation of MgCO3. Na+ and K+ were both capable of stimulatingHCO3 use. Stimulation was in two distinct parts. Up to500 mol m3, both citrate and chloride salts gave similarresults (K1/2(Na+) 81 mol m3, Vmax(HCO3) 0·26µmol O2 mg1 chl min1), but use of citratesalts above 500 mol m2 caused a second stimulation ofHCO3 use (K1/2(Na+) 830 mol m3, Vmax(HCO3)0·68 µmol O2 mg1 chl min1). Vmax(HCO3)for the second-phase Na+ or K+ stimulation was of the same orderas for Ca2+-stimulated HCO3 use. To further characterizesalt-dependent HCO3 use, the sensitivity of photosynthesisto Tris and TES buffers was investigated. The effects of Trisappear to be due to the action of Tris+ causing stimulationof HCO3 -dependent photosynthesis in the absence of salt,but inhibition of HCO3 use in saline media. TES has noeffect on photosynthesis. External carbonic anhydrase, althoughimplicated in salt-dependent HCO3 use in Z. muelleri,could not be detected in whole leaves. Key words: Zostera muelleri, HCO3 use, salinity 相似文献
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Nitrogen-13 Studies of Nitrate Fluxes in Barley Roots: II. EFFECT OF PLANT N-STATUS ON THE KINETIC PARAMETERS OF NITRATE INFLUX 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Influx of nitrate into the roots of intact barley plants wasfollowed over periods of 115 min using nitrogen-13 asa tracer. Based on measurements taken over 15 min from a rangeof external nitrate concentrations (0·2250 mmolm3), the kinetic parameters of influx, Imax and Km, werecalculated. Compared with plants grown in the presence of nitrate throughout,plants that had been starved of N for 3 d showed a significantlygreater value ofImax for 13N-nitrate influx (by a factor of1·41·8), but a similar value of Km (1214mmol m3). Pre-treating N-starved plants with nitratefor about 5 h further increased the subsequent rate of 13N-nitrateinflux, but had little effect in the unstarved controls. Allowingfor this induction of additional nitrate transport, the differencein rates of nitrate influx in control and N-starved plants wassufficient to account for the previously-observed differencein net uptake by the two groups of plants. In barley plants grown without any exposure to nitrate, butwith ammonium as N-source, both Imax and Km for subsequent 13N-nitrateinflux were significantly decreased (by about one-half) comparedwith the corresponding nitrate-grown controls. The importance of changes in the rate of influx in the regulationof net uptake of nitrate is discussed. Key words: Ion transport, nitrate, influx, kinetic parameters, N-deficiency 相似文献
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Shelp, B. J. 1987. The composition of phloem exudate and xylemsap from broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) suppliedwith NH+4, NO3 or NH4NO3.J. exp. Bot. 38: 16191636. The detailed composition of xylem sap and exudate from stemincisions of attached inflorescences of broccoli (Brassica oleraceavar. italica) was compared in plants supplied with NH+4, NO3or NH4NO3. A phloem origin for the exudate was suggested fromthe high levels of sugars (71133 mg cm-3), amino acids(8·1-26·7 mg cm3) and K. (2·33·8mg cm3), the low levels of NO3 and Ca, the high C: N (w/w) ratios(8·333), and the alkaline pH (7·27·3).In contrast, the xylem sap was mildly acidic (pH 5·66·0),and possessed lower levels of all organic and inorganic solutesbut NO3 and Ca, and lower ratios of K: Ca, Mg: Ca and C: N (0·64·4). Glutamine was the predominant o-phthalaldehyde-reactive aminocompound in both transport fluids with the next most abundantamino acids dependent on sap type and N-form. Together witharginine, -aminobutyric acid, which was found only in the xylemstream, was enhanced by NH+4compared to NO3 -nutrition suggestingthat glutamate metabolism was stimulated in the roots. Underlimiting N the amino acid concentrations in the transport fluidswere greater with NH+4 than with NO3. NO3 reduction occurredin both the root and shoot with the latter site predominatingover the entire N range (0-300 mol m3). Even though the compositionof nitrogenous solutes in the xylem was dependent on cultivarand N source, the composition of the phloem streams supplyingthe developing inflorescence was relatively unaffected. The data on the element composition of organs and phloem sapare interpreted to suggest that, in spite of the restrictedmobility of some elements such as B and Mn, a significant proportionof their total supply to developing sinks is carried in thephloem stream. Key words: Transport fluid composition, plant nutrition, phloem mobility. 相似文献