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Mechanism of Iron Uptake by Peanut Plants ¹

I. Fe^III Reduction, Chelate Splitting, and Release of Phenolics

Institut für Pflanzenernährung, Universität Hohenheim, Postfach 700562, D-7000 Stuttgart 70, Federal Republic of Germany

Iron deficiency in peanuts (Arachis hypogeae L.) caused an increase in release of caffeic acid, a higher rate of Fe^III reduction, and increased rates of both Fe^III chelate splitting and iron uptake.

Experiments on Fe^III reduction by phenolics (in vitro experiments) and by roots of Fe-deficient peanuts exclude the direct involvement of released phenolics in Fe^III reduction by roots: Fe^III reduction by phenolics had a pH optimum higher than 8.0 and was strongly dependent on the concentration and the stability of the supplied Fe^III chelates. In contrast, Fe^III reduction by roots of Fe-deficient peanuts had a pH optimum of about 5.0 and was less dependent on the stability of the supplied Fe^III chelates. Furthermore, the observed release of phenolics into nutrient solution would have to be at least 200 times higher to attain the reduction rates of roots of Fe-deficient peanuts. The results of these experiments support the idea of an enzymic reduction of Fe^III on the plasmalemma of cortical cells of roots.

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