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Development and Growth Regulation

Xanthophylls and Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis in Water-Stressed Bean Leaves ¹

Department of Biology, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York 13210

Experiments were designed to obtain evidence about the possible role of xanthophylls as abscisic acid (ABA) precursors in water-stressed leaves of Phaseolus vularis L. Leaves were exposed to ¹⁴CO₂ and the specific activities of several major leaf xanthophylls and stress-induced ABA were determined after a chase in ¹²CO₂ for varying periods of time. The ABA specific radioactivities were about 30 to 70% of that of lutein and violaxanthin regardless of the chase period. The specific activity of neoxanthin, however, was only about 15% of that of ABA. The effects of fluridone on xanthophyll and ABA levels and the extent of labeling of both from ¹⁴CO₂ were determined. Fluridone did not inhibit the accumulation of ABA when leaves were stressed once, although subsequent stresses in the presence of fluridone did lead to a reduced ABA accumulation. The incorporation of ¹⁴C from ¹⁴CO₂ into ABA and the xanthophylls was inhibited by fluridone and to about the same extent. The incorporation of ¹⁸O into ABA from violaxanthin which had been labeled in situ by means of the violaxanthin cycle was measured. The results indicated that a portion of the ABA accumulated during stress was formed from violaxanthin which had been labeled with ¹⁸O. The results of these experiments are consistent with a preformed xanthophyll(s) as the major ABA precursor in water-stressed bean leaves.

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