ISSN:
1573-5087
Keywords:
ethylene
;
salinity stress
;
epinastic growth
;
α-aminooxyacetic acid
;
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid
;
Lycopersicon esculentum
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract Ethylene production in leaf petiole and laminae tissues was stimulated in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. UCT5) plants exposed to salinity-stress. At the highest salinity level (250 mM NaCl), rates of ethylene production more than doubled over those observed in non-stressed plants. Correspondingly, petiolar epinasty increased with increasing levels of stress impositions. Both responses were suppressed when either 1 mM α-aminooxyacetic acid (AOA), or 100 μM Co2+ was simultaneously applied. Co2+, but not AOA, had a pronounced effect on ethylene production resulting from the application of a saturating dose (2 mM) of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), the immediate precursor of ethylene. This result suggests that ethylene production is dependent upon the activity of ethylene forming enzyme (EFE). The magnitude of ethylene stimulation in leaf petioles was related to the salinity level imposed and to the induction of petiole epinasty. In the absence of stress impositions, epinastic responsiveness to ethylene or its precursor, ACC, might provide a simple, indirect criteria to adjudge salt-sensitivity among plants.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00024662
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