The Timing and Rate of Phytic Acid Accumulation in Developing Soybean Seeds 1
AUTOR(ES)
Raboy, Victor
RESUMO
The time-course of phosphorus (P) accumulation in the phytic acid fraction of developing soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr. cv `Williams 79') seeds as well as the relation of phytic acid P to total P content were determined. Phytic acid was detected early in embryogenesis in field-grown soybeans and accumulated in a linear fashion throughout most of seed development. Although the observed rates of accumulation ranged from 18.7 micrograms phytic acid P per seed per day in pods positioned low on the plant to 33.6 micrograms in pods positioned high on the plant, the final concentrations were the same in all cases. Nearly all of the P translocated to developing seeds was incorporated into phytic acid from the third week after flowering until physiological maturity, with the sum of nonphytic acid P compounds remaining constant. Phytic acid accumulation was also linear throughout development when soybean plants were grown in solutions having nutrient P levels that ranged from severely limiting (2.0 milligrams P per liter) to excess (50 milligrams P per liter). However, there was a pronounced effect on rate of accumulation, which ranged from 7.2 micrograms phytic acid per seed per day with limiting nutrient P to 44.7 micrograms with excess P. The change in level of phytic acid accounted for most of the alteration in total seed P that was caused by altering the P status of the plants. These results support the view that phytic acid synthesis is involved in P homeostasis of the developing soybean seed.
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