Inhibition of Low pH-induced Elongation in Avena Coleoptiles by Abscisic Acid 1

AUTOR(ES)

Rehm, Marilyn M.

RESUMO

An angular position-sensing transducer was used to make continuous measurements of acid-induced elongation of Avena sativa coleoptile segments. Elongation rates at pH 4.5 (5 mm succinate buffer) were about 5-fold greater than those at pH 6.0. Buffered 0.1 mm abscisic acid produced a partial decrease of the growth rate. Pretreatments with abscisic acid buffered at pH 6.0 usually caused a further reduction of the elongation response when the coleoptile segments were subsequently placed in buffer at pH 4.5 containing abscisic acid. Abscisic acid did not completely prevent the pH effect in any of these experiments, and the brief latent period of the pH response was not affected by abscisic acid treatments. At pH 4.5, where the inhibitory effect of ABA was maximum, low pH-induced elongation was also inhibited by KCN and HgCl2. These results suggest that pH-(4.5) induced elongation in this system may be dependent on some metabolic processes and that abscisic acid-induced inhibition of this elongation may involve an interaction with these processes.

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