Accumulation of Apoplastic Iron in Plant Roots
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 92 (1) , 17-22
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.92.1.17
Abstract
We hypothesized that the resistance of Hawkeye (HA) soybean (Glycine max L.) to iron-deficiency induced chlorosis (IDC) is correlated to an ability to accumulate a large pool of extracellular-root iron which can be mobilized to shoots as the plants become iron deficient. Iron in the root apoplast was assayed after efflux from the roots of intact plants in nutrient solution treated with sodium dithionite added under anaerobic conditions. Young seedlings of Ha soybean accumulated a significantly larger amount of extracellular iron in their roots than did either IDC-susceptible Pl-54619 (PI) soybean or IDC-resistant IS-8001 (IS) sunflower (Helianthus annus L.). Concurrently, HA soybean had much higher concentrations of iron in their shoots than either PI soybean or IS sunflower. The concentration of iron in the root apoplast and in shoots of HA soybean decreased sharply within days after the first measurements of extracellular root iron were made, in both +Fe and -Fe treatments. The accumulation of short-term iron reserves in the root apoplast and translocation of iron in large quantities to the shoot may be important characteristics of IDC resistance in soybeans.Keywords
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