Specific Requirement of Potassium for Light-Activated Opening of Stomata in Epidermal Strips 1

AUTOR(ES)

Humble, G. D.

RESUMO

The effect of various ions on stomatal opening was studied in isolated epidermal strips of Vicia faba L. Stomata in strips floating on 10 mm KCl and in CO2-free air opened in light, closed in subsequent darkness, then opened fully again when illuminated. A light-activated highly specific effect of K- (and Rb+) on opening was found. When strips were floated on high concentrations (50 or 100 meq/liter) of Li+, Na+ or Cs+, stomata opened but light had very little effect on the concentrations required for opening. With K+, the opening produced in the dark was the same as with the other alkali ions. Light, however, lowered more than 100-fold the concentration of K+ required for maximal opening. Thus only the effect of K+ (and Rb+) was greatly accentuated by light. NH4+ and Mg2+ did not produce opening.

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