Translocation of radiolabeled indole-3-acetic acid and indole-3-acetyl-myo-inositol from kernel to shoot of Zea mays L

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Plant Physiol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.86.1.79· OSTI ID:6905650

Chisnell, J R; Bandurski, R S

Either 5-(/sup 3/H)indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) or 5-(/sup 3/H)indole-3-acetyl-myoinositol was applied to the endosperm of kernels of dark-grown Zea mays seedlings. The distribution of total radioactivity, radiolabeled indole-3-acetic acid, and radiolabeled ester conjugated indole-3-acetic acid, in the shoots was then determined. Differences were found in the distribution and chemical form of the radiolabeled indole-3-acetic acid in the shoot depending upon whether 5-(/sup 3/H)indole-3-acetic acid or 5-(/sup 3/H)indole-3-acetyl-myo-inositol was applied to the endosperm. We demonstrated that indole-3-acetyle-myo-inositol applied to the endosperm provides both free and ester conjugated indole-3-acetic acid to the mesocotyl and coleoptile. Free indole-3-acetic acid applied to the endosperm supplies some of the indole-3-acetic acid in the mesocotyl but essentially no indole-3-acetic acid to the coleoptile or primary leaves. It is concluded that free IAA from the endosperm is not a source of IAA for the coleoptile. Neither radioactive indole-3-acetyl-myo-inositol nor IAA accumulates in the tip of the coleoptile or the mesocotyl node and thus these studies do not explain how the coleoptile tip controls the amount of IAA in the shoot.

• Research Organization: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6905650
• Journal Information: Plant Physiol.; (United States), Vol. 86:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AUXINS
TRANSLOCATION
INDOLES
INOSITOLS
ACETIC ACID ESTERS
ENDOSPERM
LEAVES
MAIZE
PLANT GROWTH
PRECURSOR
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
AROMATICS
AZAARENES
AZOLES
BODY
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS
CEREALS
ESTERS
GRASS
GROWTH
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MONOSACCHARIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
PLANT TISSUES
PLANTS
PYRROLES
SACCHARIDES
TISSUES
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