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Plant Physiology 53:229-232 (1974)
© 1974 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Auxin Does Not Alter the Permeability of Pea Segments to Tritium-labeled Water 1

Michael J. Dowlera and David L. Raylea

W. Zaccheus Candeb and Peter M. Rayb

Hildegard Durandc and Meinhart H. Zenkc

a Department of Physical Science and Department of Botany, California State University, San Diego, San Diego, California 92115, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, c Institute for Plant Physiology, Ruhr-University, D-463 Bochum, Postfach 2148, Federal Republic of Germany

The possibility of an auxin effect on the permeability of pea (Pisum sativum L. ev. Alaska) segments to tritium-labeled water has been investigated by three separate laboratories, and the combined results are presented. We were unable to obtain any indication of a rapid effect of indoleacetic acid on the efflux of 3HHO when pea segments previously "loaded" for 90 minutes with 3HHO were transferred to unlabeled aqueous medium with indoleacetic acid. We were able to confirm that segments pretreated with 3HHO plus indoleacetic acid for 60 to 90 minutes can show an enhanced 3HHO release as compared with minus indoleacetic acid controls. However, this phenomenon appears to be due to an increased uptake of 3HHO during the prolonged indoleacetic acid pretreatment, and therefore we conclude that auxin does not alter the permeability of pea segments to 3HHO in either short term or long term tests. We confirm previous reports that the uptake of 3HHO in pea segments proceeds largely through the cut surfaces, and that the cuticle is a potent barrier to 3HHO flux.

1 This work was supported by a Forschungsgemeinschaft Grant and National Science Foundation Grant GB 28227 to D.L.R., National Science Foundation Grant GB-33927 to P.M.R., and a grant from the Landesamt für Forschung Düsseldorf to M.H.Z., and in part by grants from the San Diego University Foundation to M.J.D. and D.L.R.






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