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- Title
Analysis of growth during geotropic curvature in seedling hypocotyls.
- Authors
MacDonald, Ian R.; Hart, James W.; Gordon, Dennis C.
- Abstract
The patterns of growth in organs curving under the influence of gravity were analyzed by time-lapse photography of cress and cucumber hypocotyls which were delimited into 1 mm zones by ion-exchange beads. Geotropic curvature resulted from changes in growth rate on both sides of the organ. Growth inhibition of varying degrees of intensity occurred in all the previously growing zones of the upper (concave) side. An absolute reduction in length due to compression frequently occurred in some zones. Also, in both species growth stimulation was observed on the lower (convex) side. The disparity in growth rate between the upper and lower surfaces varied with time, being more apparent in the subapical region in the first hour of curvature. A later promotion of growth rate on the lower surface subsequently increased the curvature of the more basal zones. Autotropic straightening occurred as a consequence of growth changes, both inhibitory and stimulatory, in the apical zones. These events indicate a polarity of response in which apical zones have precedence over basal zones.
- Subjects
PLANT growth; CHRONOPHOTOGRAPHY; CUCUMBERS; SEEDLINGS
- Publication
Plant, Cell & Environment, 1983, Vol 6, Issue 5, p401
- ISSN
0140-7791
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3040.1983.tb01273.x