IAA Amino Acid Conjugates Induce Differentiation of Tracheary Strands in Lettuce Pith Explants |
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Authors: | WILSON J WARREN; WILSON P M WARREN; WALKER E S; HALL P J |
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Institution: | * Division of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Australian National University GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601
Plant Cell Biology Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia |
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Abstract: | Each of four amino acid conjugates of IAA was able to replacethe IAA requirement for xylogenesis in lettuce pith explants,when supplied at concentrations ten to 100 times those optimalfor IAA. Tracheary development induced by these conjugates tendedto be slightly slower and less in amount than with IAA, andthe tracheary strands shorter and less regular. Responses differedsomewhat among the four conjugates: IAA-D, L-aspartate gavedevelopment most like that with free IAA, and IAA-D, L-phenylalanineoften yielded the weakest tracheary development, while responsesto IAA-L-alanine and IAA-glycine were intermediate. The resultsare interpreted in terms of the bound IAA conjugatesdiffusing into the pith explants and becoming xylogenic onlyon hydrolysis to free IAA. As tracheary strandformation is believed to result from IAA fluxes, it seems thatthe free IAA also moved through the discs, presumably towardsthe surfaces where it degrades rapidly. Tracheary strand formationin these explants can be compared with vascular strand formationin the normal shoot tip, where IAA conjugates (auxin precursors)move acropetally and are hydrolysed to free IAA especially inthe young leaf primordia, we suggest, yielding local sourcesof IAA which may contribute both to the phyllotactic spacingof primordia and, moving basipetally, to the definition of theauxin pathways that develop as procambial strands behind individualleaf primordia. Lactuca sativa, lettuce, IAA conjugates, tracheary element differentiation, pith explants, xylem strands |
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