Senescence of rice leaves at the vegetative stage as affected by growth substances |
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Authors: | S Ray M A Choudhuri |
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Institution: | 1. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, Burdwan University, 713104, Burdwan, India
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Abstract: | In rice (Oryza saliva L. ev. Java), the first (younger) leaf senesced later than the second (older) leaf as shown by the decline in chlorophyll and protein contents. Kinetin treatment significantly retarded senescence of leaves, while abscisic acid (ABA) treatment promoted it. The second leaf exported more32P to the newly emerged growing leaf at the early stages than the first leaf, which always showed higher retention of32P than the second one. Kinetin treatment lengthened the duration of32P export and also increased the retention capacity of both leaves, while ABA had the opposite effect. The second leaf showed a higher depletion of nitrogen and phosphorus but à lower depletion of potassium than the first leaf. Kinetin treatment retarded the decline in nutrient content (N and P) while ABA treatment hastened it. Neither growth substance had any effect on potassium content. The content(s) of endogenous eytokinin-like substance(s) decreased while ABA-like substance(s) increased in the two leaves with senescence: these changes in the second leaf took place earlier than in the first leaf. |
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