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Quantifying Apoplastic Flux through Red Pine Root Systems Using Trisodium, 3-hydroxy-5,8,10-pyrenetrisulfonate ¹

Plant Physiology Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

The fluorescent compound trisodium, 3-hydroxy-5,8,10-pyrenetrisulfonate (PTS) was used to quantify the apoplastic flux through red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) root systems—that portion of the total water flux reaching the xylem without ever crossing a semipermeable membrane. Flow was induced by pressure through detopped root systems, and by transpiration through intact seedlings. Apoplastic flux was determined by multiplying total flux by the ratio of PTS concentration in the xylem exudate to PTS concentration in the bathing medium.

Under aeration, apoplastic flux was less than 1% of total flux. Under anaerobic conditions, up to 50% of total flux was apoplastic suggesting that anaerobic conditions change the pathway of water flow into root xylem. The change under anaerobic conditions was reversible. Detopped root systems under pressure and intact seedlings under transpiration gave similar results. In detopped root systems, the magnitude of the pressure gradient may alter the apoplastic contribution to total flux.

³ Mailing Address: Laboratory of Plant Hardiness, Department of Horticultural Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.

¹ Supported by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station General Agriculture Research funds, and is listed as Scientific Journal Paper number 14,105.

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