Ethylene biosynthesis in Amaranthus caudatus seeds in response to methyl jasmonate |
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Authors: | J. Kępczyński B. Bialecka E. Kępczyńska |
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Affiliation: | (1) Dept. of Plant Physiology, University of Szczecin, Felczaka 3a, 71-412 Szczecin, Poland |
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Abstract: | Methyl jasmonate (JA-Me) at 10–3 M completely inhibited Amaranthus caudatus seed germination. Exogenous ethylene could totally reverse this inhibition. The inhibitor of ethylene action, 2,5-norbornadiene (NBD), increased the sensitivity of seeds to JA-Me. Methyl jasmonate inhibited ethylene production and also decreased both 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) and malonyl ACC (MACC) content. Likewise, ACC oxidase activity in vivo was decreased by jasmonate. Similarly ACC oxidase activity in vitro isolated from seeds incubated in the presence of JA-Me was lower than that isolated from untreated seeds.The inhibitory JA-Me action on seed germination seems to be mainly associated with the inhibition of ethylene biosynthesis. Both inhibition of ACC synthase and ACC oxidase activity and/or synthesis can be involved. |
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Keywords: | ACC ACC oxidase Amaranthus caudatus seeds ethylene methyl jasmonate 2,5-norbornadiene |
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