The relationship between turgor pressure and titratable acidity in mesophyll cells of intact leaves of a Crassulacean-acid-metabolism plant,Kalanchoe daigremontiana Hamet et Perr |
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Authors: | Joachim Rygol Klaus Winter Ulrich Zimmermann |
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Affiliation: | (1) Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, Universität Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, D-8700 Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Lehrstuhl für Botanik II, Universität Würzburg, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, D-8700 Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Day/night changes in turgor pressure (P) and titratable acidity content were investigated in the (Crassulacean-acid-metabolism (CAM) plant Kalanchoe daigremontiana. Measurements of P were made on individual mesophyll cells of intact attached leaves using the pressure-probe technique. Under conditions of high relative humidity, when transpiration rates were minimal, changes in P correlated well with changes in the level of titratable acidity. During the standard 12 h light/12 h dark cycle, maximum turgor pressure (0.15 MPa) occurred at the end of the dark period when the level of titratable acidity was highest (about 300 eq H+·g-1 fresh weight). A close relationship between P and titratable acidity was also seen in leaves exposed to perturbations of the standard light/dark cycle. (The dark period was either prolonged, or else only CO2-free air was supplied in this period). In plants deprived of irrigation for five weeks, diurnal changes in titratable acidity of the leaves were reduced ( H=160 eq H+·g-1 fresh weight) and P increased from essentially zero at the end of the light period to 0.02 MPa at the end of the dark period. Following more severe water stress (experiments were made on leaves which had been detached for five weeks), P was zero throughout day and night, yet small diurnal changes in titratable acidity were still measured. These findings are discussed in relation to a hypothesis by Lüttge et al. 1975 (Plant Physiol. 56,613-616) for the role of P in the regulation of acidification/de-acidification cycles of plants exhibiting CAM.Abbreviations CAM
crassulacean acid metabolism
- FW
fresh weight
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P
turgor pressure |
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Keywords: | Crassulacean acid metabolism Kalanchoe Tissue acidity Turgor pressure Water stress |
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