LIMITING OXYGEN FLUX DENSITIES FOR OAT ROOT EXTENSION
LIMITING OXYGEN FLUX DENSITIES FOR OAT ROOT EXTENSION
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02197762
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
WELLS, EA
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作者:
BLACKWELL, PS;WELLS, EA
Seedlings of winter oat were grown in columns of soil packed in ''Perspex'' tubes in a growth cabinet with constant temperatures (10.degree. or 7.degree. C) and an illumination flux density equivalent to autumn daylight. The soil was waterlogged 1 wk after seedlings emerged. Roots grew along the walls of sloping ''Perspex'' tubes and measurements were made of root tip position, O2 flux to a bare platinum electrode, the O2 diffusion rate and the concentration of dissolved O2. Nitrate and ethylene in the soil solution and root and shoot dimensions were measured, and root structure was examined. Root extension was slower in waterlogged soil than in freely-drained soil at O2 flux densities less than 56 ng cm-2 min-1, at O2 diffusion rates less than 121 ng cm-2 min-1 and at concentrations of dissolved O2 at or below 15% vol/vol at 10.degree. C. With some simplifying assumptions the limiting O2 flux was just needed to maintain unrestricted respiration of root tip tissue. Root extension stopped when O2 flux was effectively zero and dissolved O2 concentration was very close to zero. The O2 diffusion rate was then 7.8 .+-. 1.2 ng cm-2 min-1 which was probably caused by H2 dissociation. Measurement of root diameters after waterlogged suggested that O2-limited growth was radial in preference to axial.