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Development and Growth Regulation

Effect on Root Growth of Endogenous and Applied IAA and ABA

A Critical Reexamination

Institute of Plant Biology and Physiology of the University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Applications of indole-3yl-acetic acid (IAA) and abscisic acid (ABA) were done on two-day-old intact maize (cv LG 11) roots. The effect of the treatment on the root growth depends on their initial elongation rate. The slow growing roots were all inhibited by exogenous IAA and ABA at any concentrations used whereas for the fast growing roots their elongation was promoted by these two hormones at low concentrations. Quantitative analyses of endogenous IAA and ABA were performed using the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique. Detection and quantification of endogenous IAA and ABA were done on the zone of the root implicated in elongation. These techniques were achieved by electron impact on the IAA-Me-heptafluorobutyryl derivative and by negative ion chemical ionization with NH₃ on the ABA-Me ester derivative. A negative correlation between the growth and the endogenous content of these two hormones was obtained. ABA presented a larger range of endogenous level than IAA on the whole population of roots tested. When using applied IAA and ABA at different concentrations the same differentiating effect on the growth was observed. This allowed us to conclude that for identical concentrations, IAA has a more powerful effect on root elongation than ABA. Present results are discussed in relation to previous data related to the role of IAA and ABA in the growth and gravireaction of maize roots.

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