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Plant Physiology 83:49-52 (1987)
© 1987 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Development and Growth Regulation

Phloem Unloading in Developing Leaves of Sugar Beet 1

II. Termination of Phloem Unloading

J. Gougler Schmalstig2 and Donald R. Geiger

Biology Department, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469-0001

Phloem unloading in developing leaves of Beta vulgaris L. (`Klein E' multigerm) occurred from successively higher order branches of veins as leaves matured. Phloem unloading was studied in autoradiographs of leaf samples taken at various times during the arrival of a pulse of 14C-labeled photoassimilate. Extension of mass flow of sieve element contents into leaf vein branches was determined from the high level of radiolabel in veins soon after first arrival of the pulse. Rapid entry, indicative of mass flow through open sieve pores, occurred down to the fourth division of veins in young, importing leaves and to the fifth or terminal branch in importing regions near the zone of transition from sink to source. The rate of unloading decreased with leaf age, as evidenced by the increased time required for the vein-mesophyll demarcation to become obscured. The rate of import per unit leaf area, measured by steady state labeling with 14CO2 also decreased as a leaf matured. The decline in import appeared to result from progressive changes that increased resistance to unloading of sieve elements and eventually terminated phloem unloading.

2 Present address: Biology Department, 202 Buckhout Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.

1 Supported by National Science Foundation grant DMB-8303957 (D. R. G.).






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