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Activities of - and ß-glucosidase, - and ß-galactosidase,-mannosidase, ß-1,3-glucanase, acid and neutral invertaseswere detected in the cytoplasmic fraction as well as in cellwalls isolated from callus cultures of cotton. Activity of ß-mannosidase,however, could not be detected in the cell walls. Transfer ofcallus to a fresh medium did not immediately influence the activitiesof -glucosidase and ß-galactosidase but increasedsignificantly ß-glucosidase, -mannosidase, acid andneutral invertases. Addition of cycloheximide (1 and 100 mgl1) further stimulated acid and neutral invertases butnot other enzymes tested. Sodium chloride (NaCl) was effectivein extracting a-glucosidase, ß-glucosidase, ß-galactosidase,acid and neutral invertases. EDTA extracted most of the -galactosidase,-mannosidase, ß-1,3-glucanase and some -glucosidase.But, NaCl and EDTA could not extract some of the - and ß-glucosidasesand also acid and neutral invertases as evidenced from the residualand extra cellular activity. Studies with whole cells as a sourceof enzyme revealed that some of these enzymes were associatedwith the cell surface. Callus, glycosidases, glucanase, growth, Gossypium hirsutum 相似文献
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HOLE C. C.; BARNES A.; THOMAS T. H.; SCOTT P. A.; RANKIN W. E. F. 《Annals of botany》1983,51(2):175-187
The distribution of dry matter between shoot and storage rootof a wild variety and cultivars of carrot was investigated ina glasshouse experiment and a field experiment. In both experimentsthe deliberate introduction of variation in plant size revealeda linear relationship between the log weights of these partsat any time throughout growth. In the glasshouse experiment,in which growth was examined from approximately 10600mg mean dry wt per plant, the slope of the relationship betweenIn shoot and In storage root dry wts decreased markedly duringdevelopment to 100 mg. Subsequently the slope became reasonablyconstant and the intercept progressively more negative. Datafrom the field experiment covered a similar timescale (48115days) to the glasshouse experiment but the plants grew morequickly and were much heavier (180 mg6 g dry wt). Therelationship between shoot and storage root for these data wassimilar to that for the plants of comparable size in the glasshouseexperiment. Over the range of development for which the slopeof the relationship was constant, data from both experimentswere described fairly well by the following equations: In shoot = time+ In storage root where , and are constants. Between cultivars the slope ()and time constant () were similar, but the intercept () increasedwith maturity time of the cultivars. For wild carrot the slopewas larger and the time constant smaller than estimates forthe cultivars. These results on dry matter distribution arediscussed in relation to a model for partitioning assimilatein an individual plant. Daucus carota L., carrot, assimilate distribution, dry matter distribution, storage root, partitioning model 相似文献
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The metabolism of -aminobutyric acid (AB) has been studied inhigher plants, particularly in peas and peanuts. Transaminationappeared to form the first step in AB degradation although transaminaseactivities were very low. The relatively active AB transaminaseassociated with whole pea plants possessing nodulated rootsappears to reside almost entirely within the nodules. AB transaminationwas demonstrated conclusively in extracts of mitochondria fromcotyledons of peanut seedlings; pyruvic acid acted as a betteramino-group acceptor than -ketoglutaric acid (KG). AB transaminaseactivity present in the microsomal and soluble cytoplasmic fractionsof the cells was very low AB was not metabolized perceptibly by intact mitochondria frompeanut, but when various organic acids were supplied simultaneously,an extra uptake of oxygen occurred and was associated with ABdisappearance. Aspartate, alanine, and ammonia were formed usingthe nitrogen atom of AB. The metabolic pathway followed by the carbon skeleton of ABwas traced by supplying C14-labelled material to leaf discsof peas and to mitochondria from peanut cotyledons. Radioactivitywas incorporated into organic acids, amino-acids, and respiratorycarbon dioxide in a manner suggesting that AB was convertedinto succinate which was then metabolized by the enzymes ofthe Krebs cycle present in the plant mitochondria. Glutamic decarboxylase was shown to be present largely in thenon-particulate (soluble) cytoplasm of cells. The enzymes responsiblefor AB synthesis and degradation, glutamic decarboxylase, andAB transaminase, respectively, therefore largely reside in differentsub-cellular fractions. 相似文献
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Wilting of leaves of Vicia faba L., which occurs when the pressurepotential (p) is zero, and the leaf-water potential () at wiltingboth depend entirely upon the solute potential at incipientplasmolysis (so) and not on soil-water status. Wilting in V.faba is acropetal; this is consistent with the hypothesis thatthere is a gradient of decreasing so up the plant and that wateris transferred from the lower to the upper leaves, hasteningthe overall water loss from the lower leaves to the point whenp is zero. The gradient in so up the plant is of the order of38 bar. It is proposed that wilting when p>0 (i.e. > so) shouldbe apparent wilting and that when p0 (i.e. so),true wilting. 相似文献
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Water-relations parameters were measured on sections of secondaryphloem from red oak (Quercus borealis michx. f.) and white ash(Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana [Beadle] J. Wright) usinga linear displacement transducer. Changes in tissue thicknessin response to changes in the osmotic pressure of the bathingsolution were used to calculate the volumetric elastic modulusplus osmotic pressure (v + ) of the tissue, and an applied forcemethod was used to estimate the time constant for water equilibration(T). The hydraulic conductivity of the cell membranes (Lp) wascalculated utilizing v + and r values. The time-dependent behaviour of the tissue was much more complexthan originally expected. A correction for a time-dependentprocess that we call drift was required to obtainnumbers for v + . Furthermore, v + was calculated on two assumptionsin order to relate changes in tissue dimensions to sieve elementparameters. In the first case, a lower limit for v + of thesieve elements was determined by attributing all changes intissue dimensions to these cells. For red oak the average v+ on this assumption is 72 bars. Assuming that all cell typeswere equally responsible for the changes in tissue dimensionsresulted in an v + value of 192 bars for oak. If v + and rare the same for all cells in the tissue, Lp for the sieve elementsof oak is 9.6 x 108 cm s1 bar1. Exudationfrom the sieve elements of white ash during excision of thephloem led to artificially high values of v + for that species. Quercus borealis michx. f., Fraxinus americana var, biltmoreana (Beadle) J. Wright, red oak, white ash, water relations, phloem, volumetric elastic modulus, membrane hydraulic conductivity 相似文献
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Abscisic Acid and Water Relations of Rice (Oryza sativa L.): Sequential Responses to Water Stress in the Leaf 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Water stress was imposed by withholding water at an early vegetativestage from plants of two rice cultivars (IR20 and 6383)grown in pots. As stress intensified the following sequenceof responses of the leaves was observed: (i) rise in abscisicacid (ABA) content, (ii) closure of stomata, (iii) initiationof leaf rolling. In both cultivars, turgor (p) declined linearly with total waterpotential () of the leaf. Bulk leaf ABA content increased linearlyas p declined, and attained twice the control (unstressed) levelfollowing a reduction in p of about 0.12 MPa. Stomatal conductance exhibited a sigmoidal relationship to p,declining abruptly when a particular criticalp was reached (threshold response). The critical potentialsvaried considerably between experiments, but were closely correlatedwith control potentials and with the potentials at which ABAconcentration doubled relative to controls. Leaf rolling was initiated at s near to zero p. Increases inthe ratio of adaxial to abaxial conductance were associatedwith rolling. Variations in the above responses could be accounted for byvariations in the rate of stress development, which in termsof reduction ranged from 0.38 to 0.86 MPa day1. Fastdrying rates resulted in: (a) reduced osmotic adjustment, (b)increased amounts of ABA in the leaf at a given level of orp, (c) an increase in the ABA concentration present at 50 percent stomatal closure, and (d) initiation of leaf rolling ata higher . Oryza sativa L., rice, water stress, stomata, leaf rolling, abscisic acid 相似文献
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The metabolism of -aminobutyric acid (AB) by two yeasts, Saccharomycescerevisiae and Torulopsis utilis, was investigated. Both yeastsgrew well upon AB as a sole source of nitrogen (N), and thelag phase for Torulopsis was shorter than when provided the N-source. The metabolism of AB by Torulopsis, whichwas associated with an increased O2 uptake, was adaptive incharacter. The enzyme whose formation was induced by the supplyof AB was a transaminase, which was apparently specific forAB as the amino donor. Small amounts of transaminase were presentin unadapted, -grown cells. The optimum pH, equilibrium constant, Michaelis' constant, and coenzyme requirementwere investigated for the transamination reaction involving-ketoglutaric acid (KG) as amino group acceptor. Succinic semi-aldehyde(SSA) was a product of this transamination reaction.The possibility;that some AB was converted into SSA by a direct oxidative deaminationremained unconfirmed. The further conversion of SSA into succinic acid was establishedusing intact. cells for both yeasts. This oxidation processwas shown to be linked to the reduction of pyridine nucleotidesvising extracts of Saccharomyces as a source of SSA dehydrogenase.Dehydrogenase activity could be ascribed to two separate enzymes,one linked to DPN, and the other utilizing TPN and requiringMg++ as an activator. The properties of the former enzyme, whichwas more important quantitatively, were investigated and comparedwith those described in the literature for an aldehyde dehydrogenaseof baker's yeast and for SSA dehydro-genases of Pseudomonas.Torulopsis extracts could catalyse the reduction of SSA to -hydroxybutyricacid (OHB); the OHB dehydrogenase involved required TPNH asa coenzyme. Certain other properties of this enzyme are recorded. The possibility is discussed that AB and SSA act as intermediatesin a metabolic pathway that may form a by-pass of the KG-succinatestage of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. 相似文献
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nAlkyl - and -lactosides, galactosides and glucosides with differentalkyl chain lengths (C2, C8, C14, and C20) were synthesizedand used as acceptors for sialyltransferases from rat liverGolgi vesicles. The -galactosides, -glucosides, and both - and-lactosides, were sialylated. Keeping the acceptor concentrationconstant, sialylation rates reached a maximum for the n-octyl- and -lactosides, n-Octyl -galactoside and noctyl -glucoside,respectively. noctyl -glucoside, respectivwly. n-Octyl -galactosideand n-octyl -glucoside were not sialylated. The reaction productswere characterized by TLC. With n-octyl lactoside and galactosideas acceptors, two major sialylation products were formed. Thjeycould be separated by preparative TLC, and their structureswere identified as 23 and 26 sialylated acceptors,respectively, by a combination of periodated oxidation, NaBD4reduction,permethylation and subsequent analysis by fast atombombardment mass spectrometry (FAB-MS). The structure of thesingle product obtained from n-ictyl -glucoside was determinedto be the 26 sialylated glucoside. Competition experimentswith n-octyl lactoside and lactosylceramide and gangliosideGal1-3GalNAc1-4(NeuAc23)Gal14Glcbeeta11Cer(GM1) as acceptors for sialyltransferases suggested that SAT-I[NeuAc23Gal14Glc1-1Cer (GM3) synthase] was atleast in least in part responsible for the 23 sialylationof n-octyl lactoside. alkylgalactosides alkylglucosides alkyllactosides neoglycolipids sialytransferases 相似文献
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Various kinds of measurement of tissue water status were madeseveral times during water stress and recovery in Brassica juncea(cv Canadian Black) and B napus (cv Drakkar) Unstressed plantsof the two species had similar leaf water potentials (w), solute(s) and turgor potentials (p) Values of relative water content(RWC) and the slope of the linear relationship between p andRWC (p/RWC) were greater in B napus than in B juncea Statistical correlations of pooled data for the watered andstressed treatments differentiated the relationships among RWC,w and its components in the two species The major statisticaldifference was that p/RWC was related to RWC in B napus andto w and s in B juncea A decline in p/RWC with decreasing sin B juncea may be a mechanism for maintaining p at low soilwater potentials through maintenance of more elastic cell walls. Brassica juncea, Brassica napus, osmotic adjustment, tissue elasticity, water relations 相似文献
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Soya bean cultivars Altona and Chestnuthave active but quite low levels of -amylase. Activity was assayedwith specific substrates, oxidized amylose and ß-limitdextrin, which were resistant to attack by ß-amylase.During seed development -amylase activity increased to a maximumin both cultivars and then declined towards maturity. Matureand germinating seeds retain low activities of -amylase. Gelelectrophoresis separated the -amylase activity into six majorbands which occurred in both cultivars. The isozyme patternwas quite similar for developing, mature and germinating seed.although the relative proportion of activity in the variousbands changed somewhat. Starch phosphorylase was not detectedin any soya bean seed samples tested, but good activity wasfound in potato tuber extracts used as a control. Mixing experimentsusing soya bean and potato extracts indicated there were noinhibiting factors in soya bean seed extracts. Soya bean seedextracts probably do not contain starch phosphorylase. Glycine max (L.), Merr, soya bean, -amylase, isozymes, phosphorylase 相似文献
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Hydroxysulphonate (-HPMS) was found to have an inhibitory effecton dark respiration of mung bean root tips. Inhibition was greatestin regions nearest the apex. The inhibition of root respirationby -HPMS was not due to an inhibition of glycolic acid oxidase.It is suggested that the action of -HPMS was probably on acetylCOA synthetase. 相似文献
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Water Relations of Potato Leaves. II. Pressure--Volume Analysis and Inferences About the Constancy of the Apoplastic Fraction 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Water relations characteristics of potato (Solanum tuberosumL. cv. Bintje) leaves were determined from pressurevolumeanalysis using a pressure chamber. Turgor was 077 MPa and thebulk volumetric modulus of elasticity 81 MPa at full turgidity;turgor loss occurred when water potential () had declined to087 MPa at a relative water content (RWC) of 0912;the apoplastic water fraction (A) was 0235. As is usually found,there was a linear relation between 1/ and RWC beyond turgorloss. This finding supports the assumptions of the constancyof A during leaf dehydration. Beyond turgor loss the difference between and [measured afterfreezing and thawing (d)] was about 01 MPa. This differencedid not increase as the leaf water content decreased. This resultcontradicts the constancy of A. It was concluded from calculations with a simple model of leafdehydration that analysis of the relation between and d providesmore insight in the changes in the apoplastic fraction thanthe relation between 1/ and RWC. Research on the size of theapoplastic fraction and its changes with water potential wouldcomplement current understanding of leaf water relations. Solanum tuberosum, L., water potential, pressure chamber, osmotic potential, pressure potential, relative water content, apoplast, symplast 相似文献
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The carotenoid composition of the anthers and styles and thefruits of four roses of different ages have been investigated.ß-carotene and its epoxides were present at all stagesstudied, as were the ß-carotene derived xanthophyllauroxanthin and the -carotene derived flavoxanthin and chrysanthemaxanthin.As the various parts aged, the control of carotenoid synthesiswas removed, oxidative processes took place with the resultthat very few members of the -carotene series were found, andepoxy-carotenoids and their derivatives were the main carotenoidspresent. Rubixanthin, 3-hydroxy--carotene characteristic ofrose hips was found in fairly large amounts in anthers and stylesand -carotene was probably the precursor of this pigment. Rosehips were also investigated for their vitamin-A contents whichwere not as high as those of All Gold flowers. 相似文献
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Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution at Low Water Potential in Leaf Discs Lacking an Epidermis 总被引:6,自引:3,他引:3
Land plants encountering low water potentials (low w) closetheir stomata, restricting CO2 entry and potentially photosynthesis.To determine the impact of stomatal closure, photosyntheticO2 evolution was investigated in leaf discs from sunflower (Helianthusannuus L.) plants after removing the lower epidermis at loww. Wounding was minimal as evidenced by O2 evolution nearlyas rapid as that in intact discs. O2 evolution was maximal in1 % CO2 in the peeled discs and was markedly inhibited whenw was below 1·1 MPa. CO2 entered readily at allw, as demonstrated by varying the CO2 concentration. Resultswere the same whether the epidermis was removed before or afterlow w was imposed. Due to the lack of an epidermis and readymovement of CO2 through the mesophyll, the loss in O2 evolvingactivity was attributed entirely to photosynthetic metabolism.Intact leaf discs showed a similar loss in activity when measuredat a CO2 concentration of 5 %, which supported maximum O2 evolutionat low w. In 1 % CO2, however, O2 evolution at low w was belowthe maximum, presumably because stomatal closure restrictedCO2 uptake. The inhibition was larger than in peeled discs atw between 1 and 1·5 MPa but became thesame as in peeled discs at lower w. Therefore, as photosynthesisbegan to be inhibited by metabolism at low w, stomatal closureadded to the inhibition. As w became more negative, the inhibitionbecame entirely metabolic. 相似文献
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RODRIGUEZ DELIA B.; RAYMUNDO L. C.; LEE TUNG-CHING; SIMPSON K. L.; CHICHESTER C. O. 《Annals of botany》1976,40(3):615-624
The carotenoid composition of Momordica charantia fruit (pericarp)at four levels of maturity was extensively investigated. Thenumber of carotenoids isolated increased from five in the immaturefruit to six at the mature-green and 14 at the partly-ripe andripe stages. Cryptoxanthin, which could not be isolated at theimmature and mature stages, accumulated rapidly at the onsetof ripening to become the principal pigment of the ripe fruit.Moderate increases were seen in ß-carotene, zeaxanthinand lycopene concentrations as ripening progressed. The reversetrend was observed with lutein and -carotene which were themajor pigments of the immature fruit. Prior to the colour break,only the hydroxy derivatives of -carotene (zeinoxanthin andlutein) could be detected; the ß-hydroxy compounds(cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin) appeared and predominated thereafter.The hydroxy carotenoids of the ripe fruit were almost entirelyesterified in contrast to those of the unripe fruit which weremainly unesterified. Traces of flavochrome, 5, 6-monoepoxy-ß-carotene,mutatochrome, -carotene, -carotene, -carotene and rubixanthinwere detected in the partly-ripe and ripe fruits but not inthe immature and mature-green samples. Phytofluene was observedin trace levels at all stages. 相似文献
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Subunits (, ß, ) and mixtures of subunits ( ß, , ß , ß ) were isolated without denaturationfrom a chloroform extract of chloroplast coupling factor 1 (CF1)from maize (Zea mays var. Ushiku 5-4) and from spinach by fastprotein liquid chromatography (FPLC), on an anion-exchange columnof Mono-Q in the presence of n-octylglucoside (OG) and on achromatofocusing column of Mono-P. The ß -subunitcomplex (CF1 ß ) was the minimum unit required forATPase activity, as was confirmed by the reconstituted complexof ß and subunits. An subunit isolated from maizeinhibited the ATPase activity of CF1 ß from bothmaize and spinach. CF1 ß was found to contain anOG-dependent Mg2+-ATPase. The ATPase activity of CF1 ß required divalent cations, such as Mg2+ or Mn2+, for its expressionin the presence of OG; its optimum pH was 8.0 and it was markedlyinhibited by NaN3. The enzyme hydrolyzed ATP in prefernece toGTP but not CTP, UTP, ADP, AMP or pNPP. Lineweaver-Burk plotsof its activity were curvilinear in the range of 0.60.7mM ATP.Mg2+.
1Present address: Department of Biology, School of Education,Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160 Japan. (Received February 15, 1989; Accepted April 20, 1989) 相似文献
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The amino-acid metabolism of groundnut plants has been studiedwith special reference to -methyleneglutamic acid (-MGA) andy-methyleneglutamine (-MG), constituents not found in the greatmajority of plant species. The sequence in which C14 from radioactive C14-carbon dioxideenters the amino-acids of leaves was determined. The patternof labelling was very similar to that found for leaves of otherspecies. The metabolic relationships existing between photosynthesisand amino-acid synthesis therefore do not seem to be affectedby the large quantities of -MGA and -MG present in the leaves.-MGA and -MG only gained traces of radioactivity. Experiments designed to study the incorporation of C14 fromuniformly labelled C14-alanine into the amino-acids of roots,immature leaves and cotyledons of seedlings and young plantsindicated that the main site of synthesis of -MGA was the cotyledons. Various CI4-labelled substrates were fed to germinating seedsand, after a period of growth, the specific activities of theamino-acids of seedlings receiving different treatments weredetermined. Comparison of the specific activities enabled certaindeductions to be made concerning the probable biosynthetic pathwaysleading to -MGA and -MG. The results were consistent with theintact incorporation of pyruvate molecules, or another related3-carbon-atom containing compound, into -MGA. 相似文献
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The conformation of the heptasaccharide Man-1,6-(Man-1,3)(Xyl-ß1,2)-Man-ß,4-GlcNAc2-ß1,4-(L-Fuc-1,3)-GlcNAc1,the carbohydrate moiety of Erythrina corallodendron lectin (EcorL),the hexasaccharide Man-1,6-(Man-1,3) (GlcNAc-ß1,4)-Man-ß1,4-GlcNAc-ß1,4-GlcNAcand their disaccharide fragments have been studied by moleculardynamics (MD) simulations for 1000 ps with different initialconformations. In the isolated heptasaccharide, the most frequentlyaccessed conformation during MD has a value of 180° aroundMan-1,6-Man linkage. This conformation is stabilized by theformation of a hydrogen bond between the carbonyl oxygen ofGlcNAc2 with the O3/O4 hydroxyls of the 1,6-linked mannose residue.The conformation of the heptasaccharide found in the crystalstructure of the EcorL-lactose complex (Shaanan et al., Science,254, 862, 1991), that has a value of 76° around Man-1,6-Manlinkage, is accessed, although less frequently, during MD ofthe isolated oligosaccharide. The ,, = 58°,134°,60°conformation around Man-1,6-Man fragment observed in the crystalstructure of the Lathyrus ochnrs lectin complexed with a biantennaryoctasaccharide (Table I in Homans,S.W., Glycobiology, 3, 551,1993) has also been accessed in the present MD simulations.These values for the 1,6-linkage, which are observed in theprotein-carbohydrate crystal structures and are accessed inthe MD simulations, though occasionally, have not been predictedfrom NMR studies. Furthermore, these different values of leadto significantly different orientations of the 1,6-arm for thesame value of . This contrasts with the earlier predictionsthat only different values of can bring about significant changesin the orientation of the 1,6-arm. The MD simulations also showthat the effects of bisecting GlcNAc or ß1,2-xyloseare very similar on the 1,3-arm and slightly different on the1,6-arm. bisecting GlcNAc carbohydrates glycoprotein lectinsaccharide complex 相似文献
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Attached 2-month-old roots of the succulent plant, Opuntia ficus-indica,shrank 0.4% radially during periods of maximal transpirationunder wet conditions. In contrast, reversible decreases in diameterof nearly 20% occurred for these roots as their ambient waterpotential () in the vapour phase decreased from 0.01to 10 MPa over 8 d, the changes being slightly more rapidat 40 °C than at 10 °C. Such substantial diameter changesbecame progressively less with root age, from a 43% decreasein diameter at 3 weeks to a 6% decrease at 12 months Root shrinkagewas slight when was decreased from 0.01 to 0.3MPa, the latter being similar to the root water potential.As was further decreased from 0.3 to 10 MPa,water movement out of cortical cells caused considerable rootshrinkage. The root hydraulic conductivity (Lp) decreased only30 to 60% for a change in from 0.01 to 10 MPacompared with a decrease of over 106-fold for the soil hydraulicconductivity over this range. The overall conductivity of thesoil, the root-soil air gap, and the root was predicted to bedominated by Lp for soil above 0.3 MPa. As simulatedsoil decreased below 0.3 MPa, the root-soil air gap initiallybecame the primary limiter of water loss from the roots. Below5 MPa for 1-month-old roots and below 2 MPa for12-month-old roots, the soil became the main limiter of waterloss. Thus, water uptake from wet soils apparently was mainlycontrolled by root properties Water loss to drying soils wascontrolled by the development of a root-soil air gap aroundshrinking roots during the initial phase of soil drying andby the reduction of the soil hydraulic conductivity at evenlower soil. Root diameter, root hydraulic conductivity, root-soil air gap, soil hydraulic conductivity 相似文献