Abstract
The far-red reversibility of the phytochrome-controlled stimulation of elongation of coleoptile sections by low fluence red light has been characterized in subapical coleoptile sections from dark-grown Avena sativa L., cv Lodi seedlings. The fluence dependence of the far-red reversal was the same whether or not the very low fluence response is also expressed. The capacity of far-red light to reverse the red light-induced response began to decline if the far-red light was given more than 90 minutes after the red irradiation. Escape was complete if the far red irradiation was given more than 240 minutes after the red irradiation. Sections consisting of both mesocotyl and coleoptile tissue from dark-grown Avena seedlings were found to have physiological regulation of the very low fluence response by indole 3-acetic acid and low external pH similar to that seen for sections consisting entirely of coleoptile tissue. The fluence-dependence of the red light-induced inhibition of mesocotyl elongation was studied in mesocotyl sections from dark grown Zea mays L. hybrid T-929 seedlings. Ten micromolar indole 3-acetic acid stimulates the control elongation of the sections, while at the same time increasing the sensitivity of the tissue for the light-induced inhibition of growth by a factor of 100.
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