Plant Physiology 70:1066-1070 (1982)
© 1982 American Society of Plant Biologists
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Water Relations of Cotton Plants under Nitrogen Deficiency
V. Environmental Control of Abscisic Acid Accumulation and Stomatal Sensitivity to Abscisic Acid
John W. Radin,
Linda L. Parker and
Gene Guinn
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Phoenix, Arizona 85040,
Western Cotton Research Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona 85040
Suboptimal N nutrition increased the water potential for stomatal closure in water stressed cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) leaves. This increased sensitivity to water stress had two components, increased accumulation of abscisic acid (ABA) and increased apparent stomatal sensitivity to ABA. Low N increased the threshold water potentials for stomatal closure and ABA accumulation by about 4 bars and 2 bars, respectively. Low N also greatly increased stomatal response to low concentrations of exogenous ABA applied to excised leaves through the transpiration stream. In low N leaves, kinetin decreased stomatal response to ABA to the level observed with high N leaves. Kinetin by itself had little effect on stomata, nor did it alter stomatal response to ABA in high N leaves. The results suggest a cytokinin-ABA balance which is altered by suboptimal N nutrition to favor stomatal closure during stress.
Ambient temperature and N nutrition interacted to alter stomatal response to water stress. Stress-induced ABA accumulation and apparent stomatal sensitivity to ABA were independently affected. The effects of each treatment, and their interaction, could be explained as the net result of changes in both accumulation and apparent sensitivity. Although the results document environmental control of stomatal response to ABA, either altered partitioning of ABA between active and inactive pools, or altered sensitivity of the guard cells, could account for the data.
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