Abstract
Excised pieces of vascular bundle and phloem tissue were allowed to accumulate radioactive phosphate and sulfate, and were then sectioned and autoradiographed so as to detect the sites of accumulation. Special methods were needed to prevent any diffusion of the radioisotope. Some autoradiographs obtained are presented. In excised celery vascular bundles, the most radioactive area and hence the most actively accumulating tissue was the young secondary phloem at the sides of the bundle. In intact plants, the same tissue was the most active in translocating. In excised apple phloem there was some variation in behavior, but again the young secondary phloem was generally the most actively accumulating tissue. Accumulation activities of individual cells in the phloem and vascular tissue were compared. It appeared that all cell types, ray, phloem and xylem parenchyma, cambial cells and sieve tubes, accumulated at least 5 times more actively than did the cortical parenchyma cells. The sieve tubes were among the most actively accumulating cells present, accumulating 20 times more actively than the cortical parenchyma cells. It is concluded that accumulation processes have a primary role to play in the mechanism of phloem transport.
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