Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Physiologia plantarum
37 (1976), S. 0
ISSN:
1399-3054
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
The rate of leaf elongation in radiata pine (Pinus radiata) and wheat seedlings was closely related to the osmotic potential of the rooting solution. Sudden stress application and removal treatments caused immediate changes in the leaf elongation rate and a new steady-state rate independent of the old was quickly established. The osmotic potential in the active elongation zones of a leaf differed from that of the remainder of the leaf and was considered more appropriate for deriving turgor pressure to be related to leaf elongation. Shifts in elongation rate were associated with corresponding shifts in total leaf water potential in both species and with corresponding shifts in turgor pressure in wheat.There was a linear correlation between the pitch of the helical thickenings in the protoxylem of radiata pine needles and their elongation rate. A record of elongation rate is, therefore, preserved in the needle. Developmental aspects of the deposition of the helix are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.1976.tb03973.x
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