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A rapid non-destructive assay to quantify soybean nodule gas permeability
Authors:P. R. Weisz  T. R. Sinclair
Affiliation:(1) USDA-ARS, Agronomy Department, University of Florida, 32611 Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract:The low gas permeability of a diffusion barrier in the cortex of soybean nodules plays a significant role in the protection of nitrogenase from oxygen inactivation. It may also set an upper limit on nodule respiration and nitrogen fixation rates. Two methods which have been used to quantify the gas permeability of leguminous nodules are reviewed and found to be unreliable. A new assay technique for determining both the nodule activity and gas permeability is developed and tested. This ‘lag-phase’ assay is based on the time nodules require to reach steady-state ethylene production after being exposed to acetylene. The technique is rapid, insensitive to errors in biochemical parameters associated with nitrogenase, and is non-destructive. The method was tested with intact aeroponically grown soybean plants for which the mean nodule gas permeability was found to be 13.3×10−3 mms−1. This corresponds to a layer of cells approximately 35 um thick and is consistent with previously reported values.
Keywords:acetylene reduction   Glycine max (L).  nitrogen fixation  nodule  oxygen permeability
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