Nucleic acid synthesis inChenopodium rubrum L. during photoperiodic induction and its relation to endogenous rhythmicity
- 1 November 1973
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Experimental Botany in Biologia plantarum
- Vol. 15 (6) , 419-426
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02922762
Abstract
Beginning with the second inductive cycle the rate of nucleic acid (NA) synthesis in cotyledons and apical buds ofChenopodium rubrum is higher at the end of the dark period or 4h following transfer of the plants to light in induced plants than in non-induced ones. This is due to an increase in all NA fractions. The greatest difference between NA synthesis in induced and non-induced plants was observed at the end of the second (or sometimes third) inductivecycle. In the subsequent cycles the difference decreased or disappeared eventually. During photoperiodic induction NA synthesis shows a diurnal rhythm with a peak at the end of the dark and at the beginning of the light period. Rhythmicity of NA synthesis is endogenous. The period length of the endogenous oscillation is about 18 h. Interruption of the dark period by light causea amplitude of the first oscillation to be reduced and delays the appearance of the second peak. NA synthesis did not show rhythmicity in plants grown in continuous light. The significance of the observed phenomena for photoperiodic induction is being discussed. Počínaje druhým indukčním cyklem je synthesa nukleových kyselin (NK) v dělohách a apikálních pupenechChenopodium rubrum nkonei temné periody nebo 4 hodiny po přenesení rostli nsvětlo vyšší u indukovaných rastlin než u neindukovaných. Toto zvýšení se týká všech frakcí NK. Největší rozdíl mezi synthesou NK v indukovaných a neindukovaných rostlinách byl pozorován v 2. (někdy 3.) indukčním cyklu. V dalších cyklech se rozdíl zmenšuje nebo poslěze mizí. Během fotoperiodickě indukce sleduje synthesa NK denní rytmus s maximem na konci tmavé a na zaěátku světlé periody. Rytmičnost synthesy NK je endogenní. Délka periody endogenní oscilace je přibližně 18hodinová. Přerušení temné periody světlem vede ke snížaní amplitudy první oscilace opoždění nástupu maxima druhé oscilace. V práci je diskutován význam pozorovaných jevů pro fotoperiodickou indukci kvetení probíhající v listech.Keywords
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