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Plant Physiology 52:466-471 (1973)
© 1973 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Participation of Ethylene in Common Purslane Response to Dicamba 1,2

Maria Stacewicz-Sapuncakis3, Herbert V. Marsh, Jr., Jonas Vengris, Paul H. Jennings and Trevor Robinson

a Departments of Plant and Soil Sciences and of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002

The responses of common purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) plants to 2-methoxy-3,6-dichlorobenzoic acid (dicamba) were found to be similar in many respects to ethylene fumigation effects. Dicamba and ethylene increased the permeability of cell membranes in purslane tissues. An increased efflux of electrolytes was observed in the bending region of the stems of dicamba-treated plants. Epinastic leaves after dicamba (10 micrograms) and ethylene (microliter per liter) treatments showed an increased efflux of rubidium. The permeability effects were observable within 1 day after dicamba or ethylene application. Protein metabolism in purslane leaves was not influenced by dicamba until 2 days after treatment, as indicated by reduced nitrate reductase activity. Inhibition of phenylalanine-U-14C incorporation into protein was observed 3 days after treatment. Ethylene reduced both phenylalanine-U-14C incorporation into protein and nitrate reductase activity within 1 day. Dicamba caused a rapid increase in ethylene production in purslane plants to levels many times greater than those observed in untreated plants. It was concluded that the dicamba-enhanced production of ethylene is responsible for many of the observed effects of the herbicide.

3 Present address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01002.

1 This research was supported by funds from the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station.

2 Part of a Ph.D. thesis by Maria Stacewicz-Sapuncakis.






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