Abstract
Partial submergence induces rapid internodal elongation in deepwater rice (Oryza sativa L., cv Habiganj Aman II). We measured in vivo extensibility, tissue tension, hydraulic conductance and osmotic potential in the region of cell elongation in the uppermost internode. The in vivo extensibility of the internode, measured by stretching of living tissue with a custom-made constant stress extensiometer, rose rapidly following submergence of the plant. Both the elastic (Eel) and plastic (Epl) extensibility increased when growth of the internode was induced. The submerged internode displayed tissue tension (elastic outward bending of longitudinally split internode sections); in air-grown control internodes, no such bending occurred. The hydraulic conductance, estimated from the kinetics of tissue shrinkage in 0.5 molar mannitol and subsequent swelling in distilled water, was not changed by submergence. The osmotic potential, measured with a dew-point hygrometer using frozen-thawed tissue, was only 18% less negative in the submerged internode than in the air-grown control. This indicates that osmoregulation takes place in rapidly elongating rice internodes. We suggest that the rapid expansion of the newly formed internodal cells of submerged plants is controlled by the yielding properties (Epl) of the cell walls. Experiments with excised stem sections indicate that gibberellin is involved in increasing the Epl of the elongating cell walls.
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