Turgor‐sensitive sucrose and amino acid transport into developing seeds of Pisum sativum. Effect of a high sucrose or mannitol concentration in experiments with empty ovules

Physiologia Plantarum - Tập 61 Số 2 - Trang 172-182 - 1984
P. Wolswinkel1, Ankie Ammerlaan1
1Botanical Lab., State Univ. of Utrecht, Lange Nieuwstraat 106, 3512 PN Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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Sugar and amino acid transport into empty ovules of Pisum sativum L. cv. Marzia was examined. In fruits containing 4–6 developing seeds, the embryo was removed from four ovules. After this surgical treatment, each empty seed coat was filled with a solution (pH 5.5) containing a low (0, 50 or 200 mM), medium (350, 400 or 500 mM) or high (0.7 or 1 M) concentration of sucrose and/or mannitol. In pulse‐labelling experiments with sucrose and α‐aminoisobutyric acid (AIB), transport of sucrose and AIB into an empty ovule filled with a solution containing a high sucrose concentration was the same as transport into an ovule filled with a mannitol solution of similar osmolarity, demonstrating that a high sucrose concentration in the seed coat apoplast affects phloem transport of sucrose and AIB into the seed coat only by the osmotic effect. The osmolarity of a given solution filling the seed coat cavity appeared to be important for phloem transport of sucrose and AIB into empty ovules.In our experiments, 350 mM appeared to be the optimal concentration for sucrose and AIB transport into the cavity within an empty ovule, giving results comparable with transport into intact ovules. A lower osmolarity of the solution induced less transport. Very high sucrose or mannitol concentrations caused a strong inhibition of sucrose and AIB unloading from the seed coat, so that transport into the empty ovules was inhibited. A low (strongly negative) but not too low osmotic potential of the solution in the seed coat apoplast seems necessary to maintain a normal rate of phloem transport into developing seeds. Apparently, the “sink strength” of developing seeds is turgor‐sensitive.

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Physiologia Plantarum

Tập 61 Số 2

172-182

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