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- Title
Is ethylene involved in regulation of root ferric reductase activity of dicotyledonous species under iron deficiency?
- Authors
Xuexian Li; Chunjian Li
- Abstract
Most dicotyledonous species respond to Fe deficiency by developing some mechanisms known as Fe-deficiency responses. The role of ethylene in regulation of root ferric reductase activity of wild-type tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) and its mutant Never ripe (Nr), bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L., cv. Bifeng 80-30), and cucumber (Cucumis sativus L., cv. Xintaimici) plants grown in nutrient solution without Fe supply was studied under controlled condition. The results show that: (i) the tomato mutant Nr, which is insensitive to ethylene, presented rapid increase in root ferric reductase activity after omitting Fe from the nutrient solution; (ii) the initial time for increase in root ferric reductase activity was earlier than that in ethylene production after onset of Fe deficiency in the three species; (iii) like cobalt (3 μM Co2+), an inhibitor for ethylene production, high concentration of zinc (50 μM Zn2+) and copper (5 μM Cu2+) also suppressed the increase in root ferric reductase activity of Fe-starved plants; (iv) under Fe-sufficient conditions, indol-3-butylric acid (IBA) stimulated root ferric reductase activity of cucumber and bean plants, and this stimulating effect could not be suppressed by aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG, an inhibitor for ethylene synthesis). These results suggested that ethylene might not be directly involved in the regulation of root ferric reductase activity of Fe-deficient dicotyledonous species.
- Subjects
TOMATOES; PLANT roots; ETHYLENE; IRON deficiency diseases; DEFICIENCY diseases; EFFECT of minerals on plants; PLANT development; DEVELOPMENTAL biology; PLANTS
- Publication
Plant & Soil, 2004, Vol 261, Issue 1/2, p147
- ISSN
0032-079X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:PLSO.0000035536.79001.60