Aging and the Development of Enhanced Respiration in Potato Tuber Tissue |
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| Authors: | S. G. Lee R. M. Chasson |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa |
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| Abstract: | Disks of potato tissue were aged by two separate methods. The resulting enhaiicetl respirations differed both qualitatively and quantitativety. It is suggested that the diverse results previously reported indicating changes in the terminal oxidative steps and/or in the relative contributions by competing metabolic pathways to the total respiration reflect variations in the methods employed to age the tissues. The nature of the stimulated respiration is discussed in terms of removal or retention of metabolites within the tissue during aging. |
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