Effects of Ethylene, Kinetin, and Calcium on Growth and Wall Composition of Pea Epicotyls

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Ethylene supplied with indoleacetic acid at 0.1 and 1 μm inhibited elongation and enhanced swelling in epicotyls of decapitated and derooted pea seedlings (Pisum sativum L., var. Alaska). These growth responses were correlated with the development of cell walls rich in weak acid-extractable materials and pectic uronic acids. Ethylene had no effect on the formation of hemicellulose, or hemicellulosic uronic acid. Ethylene stimulated the formation of residual materials at 0.1 μm indoleacetic acid but had little effect at 1 μm. With indoleacetic acid at 10 μm, ethylene modified neither the growth or wall composition appreciably. Growth and wall composition in intact seedlings were modified in similar fashion by ethylene. In intact seedlings ethylene promoted the development of walls high in weak acid-extractable materials and pectic uronic acid. These effects were less impressive in the first 24 hours than in the second 24 hours when the control plants suffered a net loss of these constituents. Ethylene considerably inhibited the formation of hemicellulose and residual wall materials in the apical sections but promoted it in the basal sections of the intact seedlings.

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