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Stress-induced Ethylene Production in the Ethylene-requiring Tomato Mutant Diageotropica ¹

Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, California 95616, Water Science and Engineering Section, and Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, California 95616

Ethylene synthesis in vegetative tissues is thought to be controlled by indoleacetic acid (IAA). However, ethylene synthesis in the diageotropica (dgt) mutant of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) was much less sensitive to IAA than in the normal variety (VFN8). Yet, mechanical wounding stimulated ethylene production by the mutant. The dgt tomato provides an opportunity to study the regulation of stress ethylene independent of IAA effects. Waterlogging (i.e. anaerobic stress) stimulated production of the ethylene precursor, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), in the roots. The ACC was transported to the shoot where it was converted to ethylene. The dgt mutant efficiently utilized ACC for ethylene synthesis under aerobic conditions. The results confirm that the genetic lesion in dgt is located at a step prior to the formation of ACC. Furthermore, induction of ethylene synthesis by anaerobic or mechanical stresses in this mutant is independent of IAA action.

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