Effects of a Hydroxamate Siderophore on Iron Absorption by Sunflower and Sorghum
- 1 September 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 76 (1) , 36-39
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.76.1.36
Abstract
When Fe was supplied at 100 micromolar in nutrient solution of pH 7.5, 10 and 1 micromolar levels of the siderophore desferrioxamine B (DFOB), a microbial iron transport compound, significantly (α = 0.05) enhanced growth and reduced chlorosis of an Fe-inefficient variety of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.). Although significantly adverse effects resulted when both Fe and desferrioxamine B (DFOB) were added at 100 micromolar as FeDFOB, the plants were relatively healthy when grown with 100 micromolar DFOB plus 200 micromolar Fe. It was concluded that sorghum absorbed Fe from the pool of nonchelated, solubilized Fe, and utilized DFOB as a shuttle agent, in equilibrium with this pool, to transport Fe from finely suspended solid phase Fe particles to the membrane of absorbing root cells.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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