Water Potential and Mechanical Properties of the Cell Wall of Hypocotyls of Dark-Grown Squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) under Water-Stress Conditions

概要

論文の詳細を見る
Hypocotyl growth of seedlings of dark-grown squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) was greatly reduced by the addition of 60 mM polyethylene glycol (PEG) to hydroponic solution (water stress). Apoplastic solution (A) and cell sap (C) were separately collected from the hypocotyl segments by a centrifugation method. The osmotic potentials of A (Π_A) and C (Π_C), and ΔΠ (=Π_C-Π_A) of stressed hypocotyls were always lower than those of unstressed hypocotyls. Suction force was measured by immersing the segments into solutions of different concentrations of mannitol. Suction force was significantly correlated with Π_C (r=-0.99). The mechanical properties of the cell wall of hypocotyl segments were measured by stress-relaxation technique. Minimum stress relaxation time (T_0), relaxation rate (R) and residual stress of unstressed hypocotyls were low during the growth period and increased when the growth ceased. T_0 and R of stressed hypocotyls decreased one day after the stress treatment, but the residual stress was not decreased by the water stress throughout the experiment. These results suggest that the suppressed growth of dark-grown squash hypocotyls under water stress was due neither to the reduction of the osmotic potential difference between inner and outer space of the cell, nor to the decrease in suction force, but was partly due to the unchanged mechanical properties of the cell wall, as represented by one stress-relaxation parameter, residual stress.
日本植物生理学会の論文

Water Potential and Mechanical Properties of the Cell Wall of Hypocotyls of Dark-Grown Squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) under Water-Stress Conditions

スポンサーリンク

概要

著者

関連論文

スポンサーリンク