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Brassinosteroid-Induced Epinasty in Tomato Plants ¹

Department of Horticulture, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

The effects of root treatments of brassinosteroid (BR) on the growth and development of hydroponically grown tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill cv Heinz 1350) were evaluated. There was a dramatic increase in petiole bending when the plants were treated with 0.5 to 1.0 micromolar BR. The leaf angle of the treated plants was almost three times that of untreated controls. BR-induced epinasty appeared to be due to stimulation of ethylene production. Excised petioles from BR-treated plants produced more than twice as much ethylene as did untreated controls. As ethylene production increased, the degree of petiole bending also increased, and inhibition of ethylene production by AOA or CoCl₂ also inhibited epinasty. BR-treated plants had increased levels of the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) in the leaf tissue. ACC appeared to accumulate primarily in the petioles with the greatest amount of ACC accumulating in the youngest petioles. Time course evaluations revealed that BR treatment stimulated ACC production. As ACC accumulated, ethylene increased, resulting in epinasty. Little or no ACC was found in the xylem sap, indicating that there was a signal transported from the roots which stimulated ACC synthesis in the leaf tissue.

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