Abstract
Measurements were made of the transport of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid-14C (2,4-D) through segments cut from the region of the distal abscission zone in young and old primary leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. When old leaves were used basipetal transport of 2,4-D in segments including pulvinar tissue, abscission zone, and petiolar tissue was much less than in wholly petiolar segments. In both young and old plants, segments consisting entirely of pulvinar tissue transported 2,4-D basipetally at a velocity about half that in petiolar tissue. At both ages the flux of 2,4-D through pulvinar tissue was less than that through petiolar tissue. In segments from old leaves the flux through pulvinar tissue was much less than in young plants; the flux through petiolar tissue changed little with age. There was no change with age in the velocity of basipetal transport. The distribution of 14C along segments including the abscission zone showed no marked discontinuity. It was concluded that the pulvinus limited the basipetal movement of 2,4-D through segments from old leaves which included both pulvinar and petiolar tissue, but there was no evidence that the abscission zone itself was a barrier to auxin transport.
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