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Plant Physiology 43:1755-1759 (1968)
© 1968 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Gibberellic Acid-Promoted Lignification and Phenylalanine Ammonia-lyase Activity in a Dwarf Pea (Pisum sativum) 1

Christina K.-C. Cheng2 and H. V. Marsh, Jr.

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002

The effects of gibberellic acid on lignification in seedlings of a dwarf and a tall cultivar of pea (Pisum sativum) grown under red or white light or in the darkness, were studied. Gibberellic acid (10–6-10–4 M) promoted stem elongation in both light and dark and increased the percentage of lignin in the stems of the light-grown dwarf pea. The gibberellin had no effect on the lignin content of the tall pea although high concentrations (10–4 M) promoted growth of the tall plants. Time course studies indicated that the enhanced lignification in the gibberellin-treated dwarf plants occurred only after a lag period of several days. It was concluded that gibberellic acid-enhanced ligmification had no direct relation to gibberellic acid-promoted growth. The activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (E.C. 4.3.1.5) was higher in gibberellin-treated dwarf plants grown under white or red light than in untreated dwarf plants. Gibberellic acid had no detectable effect on the activity of this enzyme when the plants were grown in darkness, just as it had no effect on lignification under dark conditions. The data suggest that in gibberellin-deficient peas the activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase is one of the limiting factors in lignification.

2 Present address: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

1 Part of a thesis by Christina K.-C. Cheng submitted to the University of Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree.






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