Response of Nicotiana Mesophyll Protoplasts of Normal and Tumorous Origin to Indoleacetic Acid in Vitro
- 1 May 1973
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 51 (5) , 898-901
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.51.5.898
Abstract
Enzymatically isolated mesophyll protoplasts of the two normal, nontumor-forming parent species Nicotiana glauca and N. langsdorffii and two of their tumor-prone interspecific hybrids were maintained in a 0.5 m mannitol solution supplemented with various concentrations of auxin (indoleacetic acid) and the growth inhibitor abscisic acid. The bursting response of protoplasts in medium containing indoleacetic acid in physiological concentrations showed that protoplasts from the tumorous hybrids tolerate auxin in up to 30 times higher concentrations than protoplasts from parent plants. The "survival" of all protoplast preparations in comparable abscisic acid containing media was significantly greater than that in the indoleacetic acid supplemented solutions. Protoplasts in vitro respond with bursting only after the external indoleacetic acid concentrations reach levels comparable to those of endogenous auxins present in these cells. The data are discussed in conjunction with previous observations on uptake and maintenance of indoleacetic acid levels in tumorous Nicotiana tissues.Keywords
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