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Foliar fatty acids and sterols of soybean field fumigated with SO/sub 2/

Journal Article · · Plant Physiol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6404598

Sixty-day-old soybean plants were exposed in the field to 78.7 parts per one-hundred million of SO/sub 2/ in an open-air fumigation system for 20 days. Leaves from the top one-fourth and bottom one-fourth of the plants were analyzed for chlorophyll, free fatty acids, fatty acid esters, polar lipid fatty acids, and sterols. Fumigated plants had a lower chlorophyll, free fatty acid, and polar lipid content, but a higher fatty acid ester content. Of the individual fatty acids, linolenic and linolenic acid increased with SO/sub 2/ fumigation while palmitic acid decreased. SO/sub 2/ fumigations had only a minor effect on leaf sterols. In general, the lower, more mature leaves showed a greater response to SO/sub 2/ exposure.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois, Champaign
OSTI ID:
6404598
Journal Information:
Plant Physiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Plant Physiol.; (United States) Vol. 68:4; ISSN PLPHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English