Effects of Leaf Age and Position on the Shoot Axis on Potassium Absorption by Tomato Leaf Slices |
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Authors: | WIDDERS I E; LORENZ O A |
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Institution: | Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California Davis, California 95616, USA |
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Abstract: | The effect of leaf age on K (86Rb) influx into tomato (Lycopersiconesculentum Mill.) leaf lamina slices was determined for leaves5, 9 and 13 counting acropetally. Potassium influx rates expressedon a leaf fresh weight basis declined rapidly during leaf elongationat external KCI concentrations between 0.5 and 20.0 mM. In fullyexpanded leaves, K influx rates declined more slowly with age.The onset of senescence in mature leaves did not result in alarge loss in K uptake capability. Leaf position on the shootaxis and the stage of whole plant development had little influenceon K influx into leaf cells. It is suggested that the rapiddecrease in K influx in growing leaves is related to a dilutionin the concentration of K transporter sites resulting from anincrease in cell volume and weight. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill, tomato, free space, potassium, influx rate, ion uptake, leaf slices, leaf age leaf ontogeny |
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