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Effects of SO₂ and O₃ on Allocation of ¹⁴C-Labeled Photosynthate in Phaseolus vulgaris¹

Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830

A series of laboratory exposures of two varieties of bush bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L., var 274 and var 290) was conducted to determine the sensitivity of [¹⁴C]photosynthate allocation patterns to alteration by SO₂ and O₃. Experiments with the pollution-resistant 274 variety demonstrated short-term changes in both ¹⁴C and biomass allocation to roots of ¹⁴CO₂-labeled plants but no significant effect on yield by up to 40 hours of exposure to SO₂ at 0.50 microliters per liter or 4 hours of O₃ at 0.40 microliters per liter. Subsequent experiments with the more sensitive 290 variety demonstrated significant alteration of photosynthesis, translocation, and partitioning of photosynthate between plant parts including developing pods. Significant increases in foliar retention of photosynthate (+40%) occurred after 8 hours of exposure to SO₂ at 0.75 microliters per liter (6.0 microliters per liter-hour) and 11 hours of exposure to O₃ at 0.30 microliters per liter-hour (3.3 microliters-hours). Time series sampling of labeled tissues after ¹⁴CO₂ uptake showed that the disruption of translocation patterns was persistent for at least 1 week after exposures ceased. Subsequent longer-term exposures at lower concentrations of both O₃ (0.0, 0.10, 0.15, and 0.20 microliters per liter) and SO₂ (0.0, 0.20, and 0.40 microliters per liter) demonstrated that O₃ more effectively altered allocation than SO₂, that primary leaves were generally more sensitive than trifoliates, and that responses of trifoliate leaves varied with plant growth stage. Altered rates of allocation of photosynthate by leaves were generally associated with alterations of similar magnitude and opposite direction in developing pods. Collectively, these experiments suggest that allocation patterns can provide sensitive indices of incipient growth responses of pollution-stressed vegetation.

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