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Control Of Apoplast Ph In Corn Coleoptile Segments. Ii: The Effects Of Various Auxins And Auxin Analogues, Winfried Peters, Hubert Felle
Control Of Apoplast Ph In Corn Coleoptile Segments. Ii: The Effects Of Various Auxins And Auxin Analogues, Winfried Peters, Hubert Felle
Winfried S. Peters
Using abraded Zea mays L. coleoptile segments, proton extrusion has been measured in the presence of growth promoting auxins and their inactive structural analogues. Prior to application, the segments spontaneously acidified the external medium to pH 4.8 within 7 h. Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) concentration dependently decreases external pH to 4.2, fusicoccin (FC) to below 3.5. Whereas the IAA-effect spontaneously recovers and can be repeated, the FC-effect is final and irreversible. The growth promoting auxins 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) and 1-naphthylacetic acid (1-NAA) all stimulate proton extrusion similar to IAA. The growth inactive structural analogues 2,3-dichlorophenoxyacetic …