Respiration Rate of Barley Roots: its Relation to Growth, Substrate Supply and the Illumination of the Shoot |
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Authors: | FARRAR J F |
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Institution: | School of Plant Biology, University College of North Wales Bangor, Gwynedd |
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Abstract: | The respiration rate of roots on intact barley plants grownin 16 h light 8 h dark cycles shows an exponential decay inthe dark, rises on re-illumination and there is a transientfall 1214 h into the photoperiod Roots of plants placedin the dark for up to 48 h show a continued exponential decay,and a rather small fall in soluble carbohydrate levels The respirationof roots excised from predarkened plants does not rise on additionof sucrose to the medium bathing them Respiration rate, measured10 h into the photoperiod, shows a constant relation to rootweight in plants 824 days old, during which time rootcarbohydrate content first falls and later rises It is concludedthat root respiration rate is not a simple function of carbohydratesupply from the shoot The importance of root respiration inthe carbon budget of barley plants is evaluated and the levelsof control operating on root respiration rate are briefly discussed Hordeum distichum (L ) Lam, barley, respiration rate, light, carbohydrate |
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