ISSN:
1365-3040
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract. Measurements of the water-relation parameters of the giant subepidermal cells (volume, V= 0.119 to 1.658 mm3; 〈inlineGraphic alt="dbl vert, bar (under)" extraInfo="nonStandardEntity" href="urn:x-wiley:01407791:PCE545:Vbar" location="dblvertbar.gif"/〉= 0.53±0.35 mm3, SD, n= 23) and the smaller mesocarp parenchyma cells (V= 0.10 to 0.79×10−3 mm3; 〈inlineGraphic alt="dbl vert, bar (under)" extraInfo="nonStandardEntity" href="urn:x-wiley:01407791:PCE545:Vbar" location="dblvertbar.gif"/〉= 0.36±0.27×10−3 mm3, SD, n= 6) of the inner pericarp surface of Capsicum annuum L. were made using the Jülich pressure probe. The volumetric elastic modulus ɛ for the large cells was between 1.5 and 27 MPa for a pressure range of 0.09 to 0.41 MPa. For the small cells ɛ was 0.1 to 0.6 MPa for a pressure range of 0.22 to 0.39 MPa. The turgor pressure P, the half-time of water exchange T1/2, and the hydraulic conductivity Lp were as follows, with SD and number of replicates: large cells, P= 0.27±0.06 MPa (23), T1/2=2.7±2.2 s (46), Lp=5.8±3.7 pm s−1 Pa− (46); small cells, P= 0.33±0.07 MPa (6), T1/2= 33±10s (12), Lp=0.21±0.07 pm s−1 Pa−1 (12). The determination of these basic water-relation parameters is considered as a prerequisite for future ecotoxicological and phytopathological studies. The differences between the large and the small cells are discussed in relation to a desirable biophysical definition of succulence. Further, for the large cells a pressure and volume dependence of ɛ was demonstrated.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.1983.tb01167.x
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