Raffaella Cerana , Piera Lado , Mario Anastasia , Pierangela Ciuffreda , Piero Allevi
{"title":"Regulating Effects of Brassino Steroids and of Sterols on Growth and H+ Secretion in Maize Roots","authors":"Raffaella Cerana , Piera Lado , Mario Anastasia , Pierangela Ciuffreda , Piero Allevi","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80014-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80014-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effects of brassinosteroid, of twelve related sterols and of three sterols on maize root growth and on H<sub>+</sub> secretion were investigated. A number of steroids stimulated root segment elongation and H<sub>+</sub> secretion as brassinosteroid does. Defined structural requirements were found for the effect on growth; on the contrary, all the steroids tested, among which stigmasterol, cholesterol and ergosterol, were active on H<sub>+</sub> secretion. Cholesterol stimulated K<sub>+</sub> uptake and dark CO<sub>2</sub> fixation, two processes generally associated with the activity of the H<sup>+</sup> pump.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"114 3","pages":"Pages 221-225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80014-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74814182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of Ammonium on the Development Patterns of Proteolytic Enzymes and Glutamine Synthetase in Vigna radiata Seedlings","authors":"Bibekananda Mohanty","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80027-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80027-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The influence of ammonium on the development patterns of proteolytic enzymes and glutamine synthetase was examined during the germination and early seedling growth of mung bean. Protease and carboxypeptidase activities in the cotyledons of seedlings grown on water increased 15-fold and 7-fold, respectively over a 5-day germination period. The provision of 10 mM NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> to the seedlings decreased the enzyme activities by 30% in the cotyledons. A similar decrease in both protease and carboxypeptidase was observed with the hypocotyl of NH4 grown seedlings as compared to water control. Germination was accompanied by a marked decline in leucine aminopeptidase activity, and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> did not appear to have a significant effect on the development pattern of this enzyme. A comparison of glutamine synthetase activity on day 5 between control and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> showed that the enzyme level was repressed by 50%, 30%, and 25% in root, hypocotyl, and cotyledon, respectively, due to NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> treatment.</p><p>The increase in the proteolytic activities were concurrent with a decrease in the protein content of cotyledon and hypocotyl tissues, whereas the proteolytic activities in the root decreased as the protein content declined during development. There was a progressive accumulation of soluble amino acids in the cotyledons of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> grown seedlings with relatively less accumulation in the hypocotyl. The reverse occurred for the seedlings grown on water. These results suggest that exogenously supplied NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> during the germination of mung bean seeds slows down protein hydrolysis and the synthesis of glutamine synthetase.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"114 2","pages":"Pages 151-162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80027-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74037066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xavier Gidrol , Bernard Marin , Hervé Chréstin , J. D'Auzac
{"title":"Comparison of Hevea Tonoplast Adenosine-triphosphatase from Freshly Isolated Vacuoles and Lyophilized Tonoplast Vesicles","authors":"Xavier Gidrol , Bernard Marin , Hervé Chréstin , J. D'Auzac","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80022-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80022-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is no significant difference between the ATPase present in the <em>Hevea</em> tonoplast of freshly isolated vacuoles and of lyophilized tonoplast vesicles (same k<sub>m</sub> value for MgATP<sup>2-</sup>, same pH-dependence, same effect of inhibitors, same effect of ionophores and protonophores).</p><p>It is suggested that the components of the protonmotive force regulate the activity of the tonoplast H<sup>+</sup>-translocating ATPase. The consequences of such effects may be very important in the regulation of events linked to the compartmentation of solutes inside the plant cell.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"114 3","pages":"Pages 279-284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80022-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74702437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aviah Zilberstein , J. Gressel , Tova Arzee , M. Edelman
{"title":"Early Morphogenetic Changes During Phytochrome-induced Fern Spore Germination II. Transcriptional and Translational Events","authors":"Aviah Zilberstein , J. Gressel , Tova Arzee , M. Edelman","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80024-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80024-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>During early germination of unicellular spores, separation between molecular processes induced by hydration or by photoinduction was possible. There was an extensive adenosine incorporation into low molecular mass, poly(A) rich RNA composed of 30 to 60 nucleotides during the pre-photoinduction phase immediately after hydration. It was followed by gradual increase in the rate of cytoplasmic rRNA synthesis. Photoinduction by 2 short red irradiations given shortly after the preinduction phase caused an immediate 2 fold increase in the rate of <sup>3</sup>H-adenosine incorporation into this low molecular mass RNA followed by a heavy shift to the production of rRNAs starting 10h after photoinduction. An increase in mRNA template activity was observed in a cell free translation system 16h after photoinduction: A 30,000d protein and 48,000d protein were preferentially synthesized. Still, the rate and pattern of <sup>35</sup>S-methionine incorporation <em>in vivo</em> remained unchanged during the first two days after photoinduction. Then methionine incorporation rapidly rose to four times the rate of the blue light (non photoinduced) control. The delay of over a day between the photoinduced appearance of new mRNAs and <em>in vivo</em> increase of protein synthesis suggests that.there are separate transcriptional and translational controls during <em>Pteris</em> spore germination.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"114 2","pages":"Pages 109-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80024-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86226961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diurnal Patterns of Heat Tolerance in Relation to CAM","authors":"L. Kappen, R. Lösch","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80082-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80082-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"19 1","pages":"87-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73045421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Thermodynamic Approach to the Temperature Response of Biological Systems as Demonstrated by Low Level Luminescence of Cucumber Seedlings","authors":"Fritz-Albert Popp , Ke-Shue Li , Walter Nagl","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80073-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80073-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The temperature response of biological systems (Q<sub>10</sub>) is described in terms of the physical model of dissipative structures of thermodynamically open systems, which are far away from thermal equilibrium. The theory is shown to be consistent with experimental results on physiological temperature responses of cucumber seedlings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"114 1","pages":"Pages 1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80073-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85087798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemical Composition of Australian Mangroves III. Free Amino Acids, Total Methylated Onium Compounds and Total Nitrogen","authors":"M. Popp , F. Larher , P. Weigel","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80074-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80074-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Free amino acids, total methylated onium compounds (TMOC) and total nitrogen were investigated in young and old leaves of 22 mangrove species from Northern Queensland (Australia). Total nitrogen ranged between 0.35 to 2.5% of dry matter depending on leaf age and species. The soluble nitrogen compounds accounted only in a few cases for more than 10% of the total nitrogen. High proline accumulation was observed in only three species: <em>Aegialitis annulata</em> (28.5 mol · m<sup>-3</sup> plant water), <em>Xylocarpus granatum</em> (76.0 mol · m<sup>-3</sup> pw) and <em>Xylocarpus mekongensis</em> (56.7 mol · m<sup>-3</sup> pw). The latter two species contained also hydroxyproline as a major component of the amino acid fraction. GABA, GLU, ASP and ALA were the most frequently occurring amino acids in the other species. <em>Avicennia eucalyptifolia</em>, <em>Avicennia marina</em>, <em>Hibiscus tiliaceus</em> and <em>Heritiera littoralis</em> accumulated high concentrations of TMOC (up to 107 mol · m<sup>-3</sup> plant water), while <em>Acanthus ilicifolius</em> stored both TMOC and PRO.</p><p>The occurrence of organic solutes in mangroves is discussed in comparison to herbaceous halophytes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"114 1","pages":"Pages 15-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80074-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86056973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Fate of 6-(2,3,4-trihydroxy-3-methylbutylamino)purine and N-(purin-6-yl)glycine Injected into Developing Lupin Fruits","authors":"J. Van Staden","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80079-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80079-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Both 6-(2,3,4-trihydroxy-3-methylbutylamino)purine and N-(purin-6-yl)glycine were metabolised slowly when applied to developing fruits of <em>Lupinus albus</em>. Biological activity which co-chromatographed with glucosylzeatin, ribosylzeatin and zeatin was detected in the developing seeds. As the recovered radioactivity did not co-elute with glucosylzeatin or zeatin it would appear as if the applied oxidation products of zeatin were not incorporated readily into free cytokinins. These compounds may however, play an important role in the inactivation, or the regulation of endogenous cytokinin levels in fruits and seeds.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"114 1","pages":"Pages 59-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80079-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87162848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correlative Effects Modifying the Course of Bud Dormancy in Woody Plants","authors":"J.J. Crabbé","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80103-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80103-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Spring and summer treatments like pruning, defoliation, disbudding and shoot bending greatly affect the depth and the development of bud dormancy in the following winter period. Correlations between plant parts are thus among the factors that control onset and course of dormancy and through which the behaviour of the plant in given winter climates could be modified.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"113 5","pages":"Pages 465-469"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80103-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91210090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plant Sensitivity to Endogenous Ethylene in Relation to Species Characteristics","authors":"Juma A. Kapuya , Michael A. Hall","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80102-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80102-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Imposition of water stress either through waterlogging or droughting leads to changes in endogenous ethylene level in both <em>Kalanchoe daigremontana</em>, a CAM-plant, and <em>Caltha polypetala</em>, a hydrophyte. These changes consist of an initial sharp rise followed by a decrease in the level of ethylene. In <em>Kalanchoe</em> and in droughted <em>Caltha</em> the ethylene levels appear to be related to the degree of stress imposed. No such relationship has been observed with waterlogged <em>Caltha</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"113 5","pages":"Pages 461-464"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80102-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83317108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}