Abstract: | Muschinek, G., Alscher, R. and Anderson, L. E. 1987. The sensitivityof light modulation of enzyme activity to arsenite and sulphiteand of photosynthetic induction to arsenite is determined bya cytoplasmic geneJ. exp. Bot. 38: 10691075. The membrane component of the light modulation system was moresensitive to arsenite and to sulphite in the Pisum cultivarNugget than in the cultivar Progress No.9. Likewise, the induction phase of CO2 fixation wasmore arsenite sensitive in chloroplasts isolated from Nuggetplants. Sensitivity was controlled by a cytoplasmic gene. Key words: Induction, light modulation, arsenite sensitivity |