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Effects of G, a Growth Regulator from Eucalyptus grandis, on Photosynthesis

Department of Environmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, P.O. Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia, Department of Botany, Australian National University, P.O. Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia

A growth regulator (G; 4-ethyl-1-hydroxy-4,8,8,10,10 pentamethyl-7,9-dioxo-2,3 dioxyabicyclo (4.4.0) decene-5) from Eucalyptus grandis (Maiden) reduced stomatal conductance and also photosynthetic capacity when fed through the transpiration stream of detached leaves. The concentration of G required for this effect was high (10^–4 molar), but the amount of G taken up (dose) was below the level which has previously been found in E. grandis leaves. Similar effects were observed in detached leaves of Xanthium strumarium L. though almost 10 times more G was required. G reduced CO₂-dependent O₂ evolution from isolated cells of X. strumarium. In spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts, electron transport through photosystem II was reduced by G. It is proposed that G affects stomatal conductance and photosynthesis by reducing photosystem II activity in both the guard cell chloroplasts and mesophyll cell chloroplasts.