Gibberellins in dark- and red-light-grown shoots of dwarf and tall cultivars of Pisum sativum: The quantification, metabolism and biological activity of gibberellins in Progress no. 9 and Alaska
Gibberellins in dark- and red-light-grown shoots of dwarf and tall cultivars of Pisum sativum: The quantification, metabolism and biological activity of gibberellins in Progress no. 9 and Alaska
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豌豆矮秆和高秆品种的暗光和红光生长芽中的赤霉素:进展号中赤霉素的定量、代谢和生物活性。
作者:
V. Sponsel
The stem growth in darkness or in continuous red light of two pea cultivars, Alaska (Le Le, tall) and Progress No. 9 (le le, dwarf), was measured for 13 d. The lengths of the first three internodes in dark-grown seedlings of the two cultivars were similar, substantiating previous literature reports that Progress No. 9 has a tall phenotype in the dark. The biological activity of gibberellin A20(GA20), which is normally inactive inle legeno-types, was compared in darkness and in red light. Alaska seedlings, regardless of growing conditions, responded to GA20. Dark-grown seedlings of Progress No. 9 also responded to GA20, although red-light-grown seedlings did not. Gibberellin A1was active in both cultivars, in both darkness and red light. The metabolism of [13C3H]GA20has also been studied. In dark-grown shoots of Alaska and Progress No. 9 [13C3H]GA20is converted to [13C3H]GA1, [13C3H]GA8, [13C]GA29, its 2α-epimer, and [13C3H]GA29-catabolite. [13C3H] Gibberellin A1was a minor product which appeared to be rapidly turned over, so that in some feeds only its metabolite, [13C3H]GA8, was detected. However results do indicate that the tall growth habit of Progress No. 9 in the dark, and its ability to respond to GA20in the dark may be related to its capacity to 3β-hydroxylate GA20to give GA1. In red light the overall metabolism of [13C3H]GA20was reduced in both cultivars. There is some evidence that 3β-hydroxylation of [13C3H]GA20can occur in red light-grown Alaska seedlings, but no 3β-hydroxylated metabolites of [13C3H]GA20were observed in red light-grown Progress. Thus the dwarf habit of Progress No. 9 in red light and its inability to respond to GA20may be related, as in other dwarf genotypes, to its inability to 3β-hydroxylate GA20to GA1. However identification and quantification of native GAs in both cultivars showed that red-light-grown Progress does contain native GA1. Thus the inability of red light-grown Progress No. 9 seedlings to respond to, and to 3β-hydroxylate, applied GA20may be due to an effect of red light on uptake and compartmentation of GAs.