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Plant Physiology 63:121-125 (1979)
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Cyanide-insensitive, Salicylhydroxamic Acid-sensitive Processes in Potentiation of Light-requiring Lettuce Seeds 1

Kenneth S. Yu, Cary A. Mitchell2, Semahat Yentur3 and Henry A. Robitaille

a Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Phytochrome-mediated germination of Lactuca sativa L. cv. Waldmann's Green seeds was inhibited strongly by 10 millimolar salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM), but only slightly delayed by the same level of KCN. SHAM was most effective if applied within the 8-hour potentiation period (release from dormancy) following red light treatment, but much less effective with completely potentiated seeds. SHAM at 3 millimolar actually hastened completion of potentiation, whereas concentrations of 6.6 millimolar or higher retarded the process. A temporary upsurge of O2 consumption was particularly evident during the period of most rapid potentiation (3 hours after red light), especially in the seed sections containing the embryonic axis. The embryonic axis obtained from dormant seeds also contained most of the SHAM-sensitive O2 uptake. However, 8 hours of potentiation caused loss of SHAM sensitivity from axes and a simultaneous gain of SHAM sensitivity by cotyledons. Concomitant with this increased sensitivity to SHAM, O2 uptake by cotyledonary tissues lost some sensitivity to KCN. Red light-stimulated metabolic processes leading to germination were blocked more effectively by SHAM than by KCN, but O2 consumption by both dormant and nondormant seeds was much less sensitive to 10 millimolar SHAM than to the same concentration of KCN. This apparent contradiction between effects of SHAM on potentiation and O2 uptake may be a result of: (a) compensatory electron flow through the cytochrome pathway at the expense of the alternate pathway; (b) a functional site of action of SHAM that differs from the organized, energy-coupled respiratory system; or (c) a combination of these possibilities.

2 To whom correspondence should be addressed.

3 Present address: Department of General Botany, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.

1 Journal Paper No. 7106 of the Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station.






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