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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The Senescence of Detached Leaves of Tropaeolum
Contributor:
Thimann, Kenneth V.
Published:
American Society of Plant Physiologists, 1985
Published in:
Plant Physiology, 79 (1985) 4, Seite 1107-1110
Language:
English
ISSN:
0032-0889;
1532-2548
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
The senescence of detached Tropaeolum majus leaves was compared with that described earlier for Avena. Tropaeolum was chosen as being not only a dicot but also as having a nearly circular leaf, thus needing only the smallest minimum of wounding, since wounding delays the loss of chlorophyll and protein in darkness. Tropaeolum resembles Avena in that closing the stomata osmotically or with ABA causes rapid senescence in light. As in Avena also, n-hexanol and α,α′-dipyridyl delay senescence in darkness but cause 'bleaching' of chlorophyll in light. Unlike Avena, however, kinetin and gibberellic acid, which delay senescence in the dark in both species, do so in Tropaeolum without causing any significant stomatal opening. The senescence of Tropaeolum leaves is actually promoted by fusicoccin, which powerfully delays senescence in Avena, although fusicoccin does cause stomatal opening in darkness in both species. Thus, many of the phenomena of senescence are alike in the monocot and dicot, but there are several significantly different responses to the senescence-modifying reagents. It is concluded that while stomatal closure accelerates senescence in both species, stomatal opening is not directly linked to the prevention of leaf senescence.